Comment – Proposed Clean Water Act Section 401 Rule

DESCRIPTION: Comments on EPA Clean Water Act Section 401 proposal updating the Water Quality Certification Regulations
TO: Lauren Kasparek, Environmental Protection Agency, Oceans, Wetlands, and Communities Division, Office of Water
FROM: Alabama Rivers Alliance; Altamaha Riverkeeper; American Whitewater; Amigos Bravos; Bayou City Waterkeeper; Birds Georgia; Black Warrior Riverkeeper; Black-Sampit Riverkeeper; Blue Water Baltimore; Buffalo River Watershed Alliance; California Sportfishing Protection Alliance; Cape Fear River Watch; Carolina Wetlands Association; Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation; Center for Biological Diversity; Center for Food Safety; Charles River Watershed Association; Charleston Waterkeeper; Chattahoochee Riverkeeper; Chesapeake Bay Foundation; Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper; Clean Water Action; Cleo Stubbs; Coastal Carolina Riverwatch; Coastal Plain Conservation Group; Congaree Riverkeeper; Connecticut River Conservancy; Conservation Council for Hawai’i; Conservation Law Foundation; Coosa River Basin Initiative; Coosa Riverkeeper; Dan River Basin Association; Defenders of Wildlife; Endangered Habitats League; Flint Riverkeeper, Inc.; Food & Water Watch; Freshwater Future; Friends of the Reedy River; Friends of the Rivers of Virginia; Georgia Interfaith Power and Light; Georgia Rivers; Good Stewards of Rockingham; Great Egg Harbor Watershed Association; Harpeth Conservancy; Haw River Assembly; Inland Empire Waterkeeper; Izaak Walton League of America; Kentucky Resources Council, Inc.; Lake Watch of Lake Martin; Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association; Lynnhaven River NOW (LRNow); Michigan Lakes and Streams Association; Mill Creek Alliance; Mobile Baykeeper; MountainTrue; NAACP – North Carolina State Conference; Nature Adventures, LLC; Nature Forward; New Jersey Conservation Foundation; North Carolina Conservation Network; North Carolina League of Conservation Voters; North Carolina Wildlife Federation; Northern Virginia Bird Alliance; NY/NJ Baykeeper; Ogeechee Riverkeeper; One Hundred Miles; Orange County Coastkeeper; Pasa Sustainable Agriculture; Pee Dee-Lynches Riverkeeper; Protect Our Aquifer; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; River Guardian Foundation; Satilla Riverkeeper; Savannah Riverkeeper; Save Our Saluda; Save the Sound; Science for Georgia, Inc; Snake River Waterkeeper; Sound Rivers; South Carolina Coastal Conservation League; South Carolina Environmental Law Project; South Carolina Native Plant Society; Southern Environmental Law Center; SouthWings; Suncoast Waterkeeper; Surfrider Foundation; Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning; Tennessee Environmental Council; Tennessee Riverkeeper; Tennessee Scenic River Association; The Clinch Coalition; Upstate Forever; Vermont Natural Resources Council; Virginia Conservation Network; Waccamaw Riverkeeper; Waterkeepers Chesapeake; Wetlands Watch; Wild Virginia; Winyah Rivers Alliance; Yadkin Riverkeeper
DATE: February 17, 2026
TAGS: Clean Water act, EPA, WOTUS

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