The 2015 Clean Water Rule was replaced by the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.
On January 31, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of the Army (the agencies) finalized a rule adding an applicability date to the 2015 Rule defining “waters of the United States.” The final rule was published in the Federal Register on February 6 , 2018.
This rule is available on the Government Publishing Office's govinfo website and on Regulations.gov in Docket No. EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0644.
The agencies also prepared a memorandum for the record to provide the public with information about the potential economic impacts associated with this action. This memorandum, "Consideration of Potential Economic Impacts for the Final Rule: Definition of 'Waters of the United States' – Addition of Applicability Date to 2015 Clean Water Rule," is also available in the docket.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Final Rule: Definition of “Waters of the United States” – Addition of Applicability Date to 2015 Clean Water Rule (PDF)(10 pp, 277 K)
- Memorandum to the Record: Consideration of Potential Economic Impacts for the Final Rule: Definition of “Waters of the United States” – Addition of Applicability Date to 2015 Clean Water Rule (PDF)(5 pp, 111 K)