Coal Ash Rule – (2018) EPA eases rule to allow states more flexibility to regulate coal ash ponds. (2015) USEPA finalized a regulation after a 5-year public review and comment process..
Clean Water Rule – (2019) EPA proposing to rescind 2015 rule. PUBLIC NOTICE RELEASED. Comment period closes April 15, 2019.
Read the proposed rule here.
A sampling of some organizations’ responses:
- Surfrider Foundation’s blog: “Congress Saves Funding for Clean Water & Healthy Coasts, But Environmental Rollbacks Loom”
- Published in The North Carolina Coastal Federation’s The Coastal Review Online: “WOTUS Rollback: ‘No Wetlands, No Seafood’”
(2015) USEPA issued Clean Water Rule to clarify definition of waters to be protected for USEPA and US Army Corps of Engineers
