Publications & Documents News and Information About the WUWC 2025 August 4, 2025 WUWC Comment Letter on IFR NEPA Implementing Regs – USDA August 4, 2025 WUWC Comment Letter on IFR NEPA Implementing Regs – USACE August 4, 2025 WUWC Comment Letter on IFR NEPA Implementing Regs – DOI July 21, 2025 WUWC Comment Letter on WUWC Comment Letter on IFR NEPA Implementing Regs – USDA July 11, 2025 WUWC Letter to House and Senate on NOAA and USGS Appropriations April 29, 2025 WUWC Letter to Senate on Fix Our Forests Act, S. 1462, 119th Cong. April 23, 2025 WUWC Comment Letter on WOTUS Notice: The Final Response to SCOTUS April 17, 2025 WUWC Comment Letter on Draft National Recommended Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health for Perfluorooctanoic Acid, Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid, and Perfluorobutane Sulfonic Acid April 16, 2025 WUWC Letter to Senate on Fix Our Forests Act, H.R. 471, 119th Cong. March 27, 2025 WUWC Comment Letter on Interim Final Rule, Removal of NEPA Implementing Regulations 2024 July 8, 2024 WUWC Comment Letter on Notice of Proposed Revisions, NEPA Implementing Procedures for the Bureau of Reclamation May 31, 2024 WUWC Letter to House on Support for the Water Systems Liability PFAS Protection Act (H.R. 7944) April 8, 2024 WUWC Comment Letter on Listing of Specific PFAS as RCRA Hazardous Constituents March 26, 2024 WUWC Comment Letter on Definition of Hazardous Waste Applicable to Corrective Action for Releases from Solid Waste Management Units January 17, 2024 WUWC Letter to Senate on Establishment of Federal Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) 2023 December 27, 2023 WUWC Comment Letter on Draft Guidance Implementing the Supreme Court’s Maui Decision in the Clean Water Act Section 402 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program September 29, 2023 WUWC Comment Letter on Proposed Rulemaking, NEPA Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2 August 21, 2023 WUWC Comment Letter on Proposed ESA Rulemaking August 11, 2023 WUWC Comment Letter on Proposed Rulemaking, Addressing PFAS in the Environment August 3, 2023 WUWC Comment Letter on Proposed Rule, Federal Baseline Water Quality Standards for Indian Reservations July 20, 2023 WUWC Comment Letter on Proposed Rulemaking, Forest Service Functions July 7, 2023 WUWC Letter to Senate on Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s Proposed Legislation to Address PFAS July 5, 2023 WUWC Comment Letter on BLM’s Proposed Rule, Conservation and Landscape Health May 30, 2023 WUWC Comment Letter on PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation Rulemaking April 10, 2023 WUWC Comment Letter on Pending NEPA Proposed Rule 2022 September 26, 2022 WUWC Comment on Letter on Wildlife and Fisheries; Compensatory Mitigation Mechanisms August 5, 2022 WUWC Comment Letter on Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Improvement Rule June 1, 2022 WUWC Letter to Congress addressing PFAS Exemption from CERCLA Liability for Water Systems February 7, 2022 WUWC Comment Letter on Revised Definition of WOTUS 2021 December 13, 2021 WUWC Comment Letter on Endangered Species Act Rulemaking addressing Critical Habitat December 3, 2021 WUWC Comment Letter on Migratory Bird Notice of proposed Rulemaking November 22, 2021 WUWC Comment Letter on NEPA Rulemaking September 3, 2021 WUWC Comment Letter on WOTUS Definition and Process July 16, 2021 WUWC Letter to Congress addressing PFAS legislation June 28, 2021 WUWC Letter to CEQ addressing NEPA regulation reform and recommendations to support the improvement and development of water infrastructure in the West March 17, 2021 WUWC Letter to Congress addressing infrastructure legislation and recommendations to support the improvement and development of water infrastructure in the West March 9, 2021 WUWC Letter to Biden and Leadership Re: Infrastructure Priority January 11, 2021 WUWC Comment Letter on Draft Guidance Memorandum, “Applying the Supreme Court’s County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund Decision in the Clean Water Act Section 402 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program” 2020 November 16, 2020 WUWC Comment Letter on Corps NWPs October 8, 2020 WUWC Comments on ESA Critical Habitat Designation September 4, 2020 WUWC Comments on ESA Definition of Habitat August 19, 2020 WUWC Comments on Smart Water Tech Senate AWIA DWIA July 24, 2020 WUWC Comments on WaterSense Program July 6, 2020 WUWC Comments on Whether EPA’s Approval of a Clean Water Act Section 404 Program is Non-Discretionary for Purposes of Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation June 18, 2020 WUWC Stakeholder Letter on Smart Water Technology Pelosi McCarthy April 14, 2020 WUWC Support Letter on FUTURE Drought Resiliency Act Discussion Draft March 10, 2020 WUWC Comment Letter on CEQ Proposed NEPA Regulations February 13, 2020 WUWC Support Letter on S. 1932 2019 December 18, 2019 WUWC Comment Letter on Water Quality Trading Policy Approach December 16, 2019 WUWC Comment Letter on EPA Proposed Rule on Water Reuse August 26, 2019 WUWC Comment Letter on Proposed Forest Service NEPA Regs April 15, 2019 WUWC Comment on the Proposed Rule on the Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States” March 25, 2019 WUWC Letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources for Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Plans (DCP) 2018 November 16, 2018 WUWC Comments on the Department of the Interior’s Proposed Revisions to the Bureau of Reclamation’s Procedures For Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 52503 (Oct. 17, 2018) September 24, 2018 WUWC Comments on Proposed FWS Rulemaking: Proposed Rules for Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants August 20, 2018 WUWC Comments on Proposed CEQ Rulemaking: Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act May 21, 2018 WUWC Comment on Clean Water Act Coverage of “Discharges of Pollutants” via a Direct Hydrologic Connection to Surface Water 2017 December 13, 2017 WUWC Comments on the Proposed Rule to Add Applicability Date to 2015 Clean Water Rule September 27, 2017 WUWC Comments on the Proposed Rule to Re-Codify the Pre-Existing Definition of “Waters of the United States” July 28, 2017 WUWC Comments in Response to DOI’s Request for Input on Regulations Appropriate for Repeal, Replacement, or Modification May 15, 2017 WUWC Comments in Response to EPA’s Request for Input on Regulations Appropriate for Repeal, Replacement, or Modification 2016 October 17, 2016 WUWC Comments on the Announcement of Draft Policy: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy August 29, 2016 WUWC Comments on the Joint U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation Planning (HCP) Handbook August 2, 2016 WUWC Comments on the Proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System: Applications and Program Updates Rule June 17, 2016 WUWC Comments on the Draft EPA-USGS Technical Report: Protecting Aquatic Life From Effects of Hydrologic Alteration May 23, 2016 WUWC Comments on the Proposed Rule on Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants May 9, 2016 WUWC Comments on the Notice of Proposed Revisions to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mitigation Policy 2015 March 1, 2016 WUWC Comment Letter on the Water Conservation Tax Parity Act September 17, 2015 WUWC Comment letter on the Proposed Rule on Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revisions to the Regulations for Petitions August 7, 2015 WUWC Comment Letter re Final Rule to Clarify the Definition of “Waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act July 7, 2015 EPA memorandum re Implementation of the Clean Water Rule July 17, 2015 Comments on Notice of Intent on Migratory Bird Permits; Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement April 22, 2015 S.235: Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015 and H.R. 167: Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015 April 7, 2015 WUWC Comment Letter on EPA’s Progress on the “2015 Workplan: National Water Program Response to Climate Change” March 25, 2015 Comments on Proposed CEQ Guidance on the Consideration of the Effects of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change under the National Environmental Policy Act 2014 November 26, 2014 Letter to Michael J. Boots, Chair of White House Council on Environmental Quality, Chair of White House Council on Environmental Quality November 14, 2014 Comments on the Proposed Rule to Clarify the Definition of “Waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act November 13, 2014 Comments on the EPA’S and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Proposed Rule Defining Waters of the U.S. November 6, 2014 Comments to USFWS on Policy Regarding Voluntary Prelisting Actions October 9, 2014 Comments on Proposed Regulations and Draft Policy of FWS and NMFS Addressing Critical Habitat Under the ESA October 3, 2014 WUWC Comments on Proposed Groundwater Resource management-USFS April 25, 2014 WUWC Letter Request for Extension on Proposed WOTUS Rule January 1, 2014 Comments on EPA’s Draft Office of Water Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plan January 1, 2014 Comments on EPA’s Draft Region 8 Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plan January 1, 2014 Comments on EPA’s Draft Region 9 Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plan January 1, 2014 Comments on EPA’s Draft Region 10 Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plan 2013 December 31, 2013 WUWC Comments on Proposed Rule on Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters April 29, 2013 WUWC Comments on Proposed Directives to Implement Forest Service Planning Rule April 9, 2013 WUWC Comments on EPA Climate Change Adaption Plan 2012 October 23, 2012 Comments on Proposed Revisions to the Regulations for Impact Analysis of Critical Habitat July 13, 2012 Comments on Proposed Rulemaking for Expanding Incentives for Voluntary Conservation Actions Under the ESA 2010 July 29, 2010 Comments on the Draft Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Designation for the Arroyo Toad February 12, 2010 Comments on the Interagency Ocean Task Force Interim Framework
