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Navigable Waters Protection Rule

Notice of Intention to Review and Rescind or Revise the Clean Water Rule

The EPA Administrator, E. Scott Pruitt, and the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Douglas W. Lamont, signed the following document on February 28, 2017, and it was published in the Federal Register Exit on March 6, 2017. The agencies conducted a two-step rulemaking process

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