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Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

2006 Memorandum on Coordination between EPA Regional Offices and Headquarters on Clean Water Act Section 404(q) Actions

The purposes of this memorandum are to facilitate improved communication, and ensure a more effective and consistent approach for implementing CWA Section 404(q). The coordination provisions articulated in this memorandum do not modify the Section 404(q) Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), but supplement the MOA's field level procedures as they apply to EPA.


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