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Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States”

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Feb 10, 2022· Comment submitted by U.S. Chamber of Commerce· EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0602-0437

Dear Ms. Christensen and Ms. Jensen: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the Chamber), provides the following comments on the proposal of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) (collectively, the Agencies) to revise the definition of "waters of the United States" (WOTUS). 86 Fed. Reg. 69,372 (Dec. 7, 2021). Effective, transparent, and timely federal government decision-making is necessary to support building smart, modern, resilient infrastructure. Water quality and ongoing, reliable supplies of clean, safe water are not only critical to human health and the environment, but to meeting businesses' operational objectives and reducing risks for our members and private landowners across the United States. Efficient Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting is needed to accelerate project delivery that will promote infrastructure improvements that are needed to implement the Administration's plan for economic growth, including the ambitious policy agenda on the climate, environmental stewardship, and environmental justice. The President has said that "we need to build America from the bottom up and the middle out." @POTUS, Twitter (Oct. 25, 2021, 9:35 PM). Pre-construction delays due to a protracted permitting process can add tens of thousands to millions of dollars to a project's bottom line and can even block important climate, clean energy, resilience, and water management projects from proceeding. Our complete comments are attached. Thank you for your consideration, Chuck

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Abstract

With this action, the agencies propose to repromulgate their pre-2015 regulatory definition of “waters of the United States,” amended to reflect consideration of relevant Supreme Court decisions.

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