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Bookmark or Share- Clean Water Rule - US EPAThe rule ensures that waters protected under the Clean Water Act are more precisely defined, more predictably determined, and easier for businesses and industry to understand. Learn more about what the rule does.
- Waters of the United States | US EPAThe conforming rule, "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'; Conforming," published in the Federal Register and became effective on September 8, 2023. Read the press release. More information about the final conforming rule can be found here. Read the decision.
- Summary of the Clean Water Act - US EPAThe Clean Water Act regulates discharges of pollutants into U.S. waters, and controls pollution by means such as wastewater standards for industry, national water quality criteria recommendations for surface waters, and the NPDES permit program.
- Documents Associated with the 2015 Clean Water RuleOn August 29, 2023, the agencies issued a final rule amending the Code of Federal Regulations to conform the January 2023 Rule’s definition of “waters of the United States” to the Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency.
- WHY CLEAN WATER IS IMPORTANT - U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyThe Clean Water Rule provides greater clarity and certainty to farmers and does not add any new requirements or economic burden on agriculture. The rule only protects waters that have historically been covered by the Clean Water Act.
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