On July 18, 2022, EPN member Philip Mancusi-Ungaro, former Senior Clean Water Act Attorney at EPA, presented testimony at the agency’s virtual public hearing on the proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule. The 2020 rule currently in effect does not provide protection from the adverse holistic effects of federally permitted or licensed projects and fails to achieve the CWA goal of ensuring states, territories, and tribes are empowered to protect their water resources. We are very supportive of the proposed rule and urged the agency to finalize it as quickly as possible.
Read EPN’s testimony presented by Philip Mancusi-Ungaro, former Senior Clean Water Act Attorney at EPA.