Posts from September 2017.
In late August, EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced an extension of the public comment period for a proposal to recodify a pre-existing rule defining the scope of waters of the United States. The recodification is an interim step in a process intending to write a new definition for the term "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS). (EPA Rulemaking Process). The comment period, which was originally scheduled to end on August 28, 2017, is now extended 30 days and will end on September 27. (Federal Register 8/22/17). In a separate, but related matter, EPA has also announced a ...