"Status Quo Ante" - The Proposed 'Review and Rescind or Revision' of 2015 Clean Water Rule or WOTUS

EPA's push to weaken clean water rule could hit Colorado's groundwater, fishing, brewing, tourism and beyond
(Bruce FINLEY, Denver Post; July 10, 2017)
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/07/10/epa-clean-water-act-colorado-industries/

EPA and Army Corps seeks to rescind clean water rule
(Valerie VOLCOVICI, Reuters; June 27, 2017)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-regulation-idUSKBN19I2L0

Documentation:


EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0203
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-07/documents/2017-13997.pdf

Intention to Review and Rescind or Revise the Clean Water Rule
(Federal Register, Vol. 82, No. 42 - Proposed Rules; Monday, March 6, 2017)
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-03-06/pdf/2017-04312.pdf


EPA and Army Corps' Rule to Define "Waters of the United States"
(Claudia COPELAND, Congressional Research Service; January 5, 2017)
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43455.pdf

Clean Water Rule (WOTUS)


Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 124 
(Rules and Regulations; June 29, 2015)
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-06-29/pdf/FR-2015-06-29.pdf

Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 124
(Part II:  Rules; Department of Defense and Environment Protection Agency; June 29, 2015)
EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0880-20862
http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0880-20862&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf


Scientific Data:


Analysis of Surface Drinking Water Provided by Intermittent, Ephemeral, and Headwater Streams in the U. S. completed by U. S. EPA in July 2009
https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-04/documents/wetlands_science_surface_drinking_water_surface_drinking_water_results_county.pdf

MAP:  Percentage of Surface Drinking Water from Intermittent, Ephemeral, and Headwater Streams
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-04/documents/2009_10_15_wetlands_science_surface_drinking_water_surface_drinking_water_national_counties.pdf


Website:


Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rulemaking 
[U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
https://www.epa.gov/wotus-rule/rulemaking-process

N. B.:  Publication of this proposal, and its availability for a schedule Public Comment period of 30 days will begin July 27, 2017 at the following Federal Register link:

https://federalregister.gov/d/2017-13997






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