On May 23, the WSWC wrote a letter of support to Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) who introduced the Water Data Act (H.R. 7792). The letter noted the WSWC “…supports leveraging state and federal resources to build a national water data framework for sharing,...
On April 28, the WSWC sent a letter addressed to the House and Senate leadership supporting a $15 million FY23 appropriation for EPA’s Water Data Sharing Pilot Program authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) §50213 and included in President...
On April 25, the WSWC joined a letter of support to the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, and Science, that was signed by numerous water management agencies and organizations including: the Association of California Water Agencies;...
On February 7, 2022, WSWC and several of our member states submitted comments on the proposed rule, “Revised Definition of the Waters of the United States” (86 FR 69372). A selection of letters is included below.
On October 4, the WSWC sent a letter to the EPA and Army (Civil Works) expressing the need for more robust and ongoing consultation with states on the development of a new rule defining the jurisdictional scope of “waters of the United States.”
On September 3, 2021, the public comment period closed on the EPA’s Request for Recommendations: Waters of the United States. The following links are comments submitted by some of our states, sharing their positive and negative experiences under different WOTUS regulatory regimes.