Coalition Comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on its Proposed Rule Defining Waters of the United States Under the Clean Water Act

Coalition Comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on its Proposed Rule Defining Waters of the United States Under the Clean Water Act

The undersigned 375 groups from each of the 50 states, representing a broad range of businesses, industries, and commercial interests of every size, in every part of the country, write to express our strong opposition to the revised definition of “Waters of the United States” proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE). Along with many other affected interests, the undersigned groups believe they will be seriously and adversely affected by the revised definition, for the reasons explained in detail below.