Environmentalists Target 56 Corps Permits Slated For ‘Fast Track’ Approval

The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) is raising concerns over 56 of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hundreds of Clean Water Act (CWA) permits slated for fast-track approval under President Donald Trump’s executive order (EO) declaring a national energy emergency, as the Corps steps up efforts to implement the program. In a March 28 interview with Inside EPA , David Bookbinder, the group’s director of law and policy, says many of the projects do not meet the Corps’ regulatory definition...