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Monday, August 12, 2019

New Rule to Limit State Government Abuse of Clean Water Act for Climate Activism

 Making good on a promise made in an April 10th Executive Order entitled Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule restricting states from abusing the Clean Water Act to pursue a climate agenda.

Section 401 of the Clean Water Act gives states whose waters may be adversely affected by a project the authority to block it for failing to comply with water quality protections in the statute. However, in recent years this provision has been employed by some states to veto projects, not for any water quality reasons, but in order to block fossil-fuel infrastructure projects...........To Read More....

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