EPA and the Army Corps' Proposed Rule to Define "Waters of the United States"

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pollution.

Environmental law.

Jurisdiction.

Water--Pollution.

Water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (21 p), digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes rule proposed jointly by EPA and Army Corps of Engineers on Mar. 25, 2014, to revise definition of waters protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for the first time in 25 years, in light of Supreme Court rulings in 2001 and 2006 that interpreted regulatory scope of the CWA more narrowly than previously, but left uncertainty about the precise effect of Supreme Court decisions. Provides side-by-side comparison of definition of "waters of the United States" in existing regulatory language.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. EPA and the Army Corps' Proposed Rule to Define "Waters of the United States"

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