INSIDE EPA: EPA Seeks Industries’ Views On Costs, ‘Certainty’ To Inform CWA Policy
EPA plans to ask representatives from major industrial sectors about key issues that will inform the agency’s upcoming Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule that is expected to significantly narrow the Obama-era CWA policy, including compliance costs and whether there is a lack of regulatory “clarity” on the law’s reach. The agency outlined its questions for the industries in an undated form letter obtained by Inside EPA that was sent to small businesses ahead of EPA’s 10 scheduled outreach calls on its planned jurisdiction rule. It includes queries on the practical impacts of past Supreme Court rulings on the CWA’s reach, the need for “clarity” on which waters are protected, and other issues that will factor into the forthcoming rule.
