Tell Congress: Don't let EPA weaken the Clean Water Act!

Our waterways are in trouble. A new policy from the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers will drastically weaken the Clean Water Act, harming public health, ecosystems, and the economy. The regulation has been branded by the Trump administration as the “Navigable Waters Protection Rule,” but it definitely won’t protect our nation’s water. Congress must act to stop the implementation of this rule by passing the Clean Water for All Act (H.R.6745).

The rule narrows the definition of “waters of the United States,” which are the waters the Clean Water Act authorizes the federal government to protect. The changes to the rule will mean vital protections will be stripped from millions of miles and acres of rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands

Companies and municipalities could dump toxic and radioactive chemicals and sewage directly into newly unprotected waterways with impunity. Unprotected waterways can be dredged and filled, killing wildlife and fish. Worse—waterways are interconnected with each other and pollution flows downstream, meaning that pollution could spread to any connected way, crossing state lines and causing widespread pollution in our drinking water, fisheries, and recreational waters.

This new rule is an unacceptable departure from 50 years of established law and science. It primarily benefits polluting industries such as developers, fossil fuel and mining companies and industrial agriculture, at the expense of our nation’s water quality and public health.

Please help protect New York’s water. Contact your Members of Congress today and urge them to stop this new rule from taking effect through the passage of the Clean Water for All Act (H.R.6745).

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Tell Congress: Don't let EPA & Army Corps weaken the Clean Water Act!

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I urge you to promptly pass the Clean Water for All Act (H.R.6745)  to stop the implementation of the final Navigable Waters Protection Rule (Dirty Water Rule), which would vastly limit the waterways protected by the Clean Water Act, including those here in New York.

I am opposed to the Navigable Water Protection rule because of the risk it poses to public health and the environment, including the Hudson River and its tributaries and wetlands. I am concerned that this rule will result in more pollution and the destruction of millions of miles and acres of our nation's waterways and wetlands, including sources of our drinking water. This rule is an unacceptable departure of 50 years of established law and science and will mainly benefit developers, fossil fuel interests, and other polluting industries.

I urge you to please take legislative action with H.R.6745 to stop this reckless and dangerous rulemaking by the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers. Thank you.

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