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Environmental

May 6, 2014

EPA proposal would expand Clean Water Act's purview

Recently, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers jointly published proposed regulations to define those waters falling under the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act as "waters of the United States." By Marc R. Bruner


By Marc R. Bruner


Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers jointly published proposed regulations to define those waters falling under the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act as "waters of the United States." According to the accompanying press release, the proposed rule "will benefit businesses by increasing efficiency in determining coverage of the Clean Water Act." But the rule's broad coverage would rep...

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