Comment Period Extended On Waters Of The United States

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The EPA and the Corps of Engineers have extended the comment period on the groundbreaking proposed rule to define Waters of the United States.

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The Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers have extended until October 20, 2014, the comment period on the groundbreaking proposed rule to define Waters of the United States. EPA informed select stakeholders on June 10, but the EPA "waters" website shows the comment period extension. http://www2.epa.gov/uswaters

Several agencies and stakeholder groups requested additional time to comment on this significant rule ( see Bill Penny's analysis of the rule here). Agriculture groups made a compelling argument based on the timing of the intial comment period that came at agriculture's most busy time of the year. http://www.agrimarketing.com/s/89310

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Comment Period Extended On Waters Of The United States

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