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2022-28595 — Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States”

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army ("the agencies") are finalizing a rule defining the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act. In developing this rule, the agencies considered the text of the relevant provisions of the Clean Water Act and the statute as a whole, the scientific record, relevant Supreme Court case law, and the agencies' experience and technical expertise after more than 45 years of implementing the longstanding pre-2015 regulations defining "waters…

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JurisdictionUnited StatesFederal-source record
Latest recorded action2023-01-18Final rule.
Primary sourceFed. RegisterOriginal public record linked

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Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States”

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explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordissued by: Issuing agency named in the tracked public recordmember of family: standalonePolicy record2022-28595Revised Definition of “Wate…2022-28595: Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States”Policy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themeJurisdictionUnited StatesFederal policy jurisdictionUnited States: Federal policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceFed. RegisterOriginal public sourceFed. Register: Original public sourceDocumented actorDefense DepartmentagencyDefense Department: agencyPolicy familyRevised Definition of …USRevised Definition of “Waters of the United States”: US

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