WOTUS Guidance Press Releases, Articles and Factsheets
CWN Documents
EPA Documents
- Draft Guidance
- EPA Draft Guidance Factsheets and additional information
- EPA Press Release on Guidance
- November 28, 2011 Update on Guidance/Rulemaking
Federal Register
Recent Correspondence
- Support letter from Outdoor Alliance for Guidance
- Letter to President Obama on CWA Guidance
- Letter on Moran Amendment
Other Organizations
Factsheets and Talking Points
- Proposed EPA Guidance on Identifying Waters Protected by Clean Water Act- Jim Murphy, NWF
- Restore Clean Water Protections - National Wildlife Federation
- Clean Water Act Guidance: A Balanced Approach to Restoring CWA Protections - NWF, TU, IWL, DU and TCRP
- Background: Restoring Clean Water Act Protections - Clean Water Action
- CWA Guidance Talking Points - NWF, TU, IWL, DU and TCRP
- CWA Guidance Factsheet - NWF, TU, IWL, DU and TCRP
- Sample Comment Letter - Clean Water Action
- State-by-State Talking Points
- NWF et al Comments on Clean Water Guidance
Member Press Statements/Blog Posts
- NRDC Press Statement
- NRDC Blog Post by Jon Devine
- American Rivers Press Statement
- League of Conservation Voters Press Statement
- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Press Statement
Newspaper Articles on New Guidance
- EPA Proposes Stricter Controls on Water Pollution- Washington Post article featuring quote from Jon Devine, NRDC, 4.27.2011
- President Obama Seeks to Extend Clean Water Act Protections- LA Times article featuring quote from Jan Goldman-Carter, NWF, 4.28.2011
- EPA Continues Farm Exemption from Water Rules- Des Moines Rgister, 4.27.2011
- Feds Issue Guidelines for Protecting Waterways- Chicago Tribune, 4.27.2011
- EPA Chief Promises to Bolster Water Protection Laws- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4.27.2011
Editorials in Support of New Guidance
- A Stronger and Clearer Clean Water Act- New York Times Editorial, 4.28.2011
- Where are the Clean Water Act Rules? - New York Times Editorial, 6.20.2012
Editorials/Articles in Opposition to New Guidance
- National Corn Growers Associatino Concerned about EPA's Newly Announced Clean Water Guidlines- 4.28.2011
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association Concerned with Administration's Vast Overreach- 4.28.2011
Lisa Jackson/Tom Vilsack Op-Ed in Des Moines Register
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