DESCRIPTION: Comments on the implementation of the definition of “Waters of the United States”
TO: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
FROM: The Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of itself and A2 – Anthropocene Alliance, Alabama Rivers Alliance, American Whitewater, Amphibian Foundation, Audubon Mid-Atlantic, Birds Georgia, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Blue Water Baltimore, Cahaba River Society, California Environmental Voters, Cape Fear River Watch, Carolina Wetlands Association, Catawba Riverkeeper, Center for Biological Diversity, Charles River Watershed Association, Charleston Waterkeeper, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper, Inc., Clean Fairfax, Clean Water Action / Clean Water Fund, Coastal Carolina Riverwatch, Coastal Plain Conservation Group, Congaree Riverkeeper, Cowpasture River Preservation Association, Dan Riverkeeper, Endangered Habitats League, Environmental Integrity Project, Florida Wildlife Federation, Food & Water Watch, Freshwater Future, Friends of Dyke Marsh, Georgia Interfaith Power and Light, Kentucky Resources Council, Inc., Lake Watch of Lake Martin, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association, Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP), Michigan Lakes and Streams Association, Mill Creek Alliance, MountainTrue, National Wildlife Federation, Nature Forward, NC League of Conservation Voters, North American Climate, Conservation and Environment (NACCE), North Carolina Coastal Federation, Piedmont Environmental Council, Potomac Riverkeeper Network, Protect Our Aquifer, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, River Guardian Foundation, Saving Island Green Wildlife & Beyond, Shenandoah Riverkeeper, Sierra Club, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, SouthWings, Surfrider Foundation, Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, The 6th Branch, The Clinch Coalition, The People’s Justice Council, The River Project, Upstate Forever, Virginia Association for Biological Farming, Virginia Association for Parks, Virginia Conservation Network, Virginia League of Conservation Voters, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Wetlands Watch, Wild Virginia, Winyah Rivers Alliance, and Yadkin Riverkeeper
DATE: April 23, 2025
TAGS: Army Corps of Engineers, Clean Water Act, climate change, EPA, public health, water, wetlands
