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Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

Documents Associated with the 2015 Clean Water Rule

On October 22, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army finalized a rule to repeal the 2015 Clean Water Rule and re-codify the regulatory text defining "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) that existed prior to the 2015 Rule. The final repeal rule will become effective on December 23, 2019. Read the final repeal rule.

The following documents are associated with the 2015 Clean Water Rule.

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