States Float Options For Speeding 401 Reviews While Protecting CWA Power

State governors, legislators and regulators are floating options for speeding state reviews of federally permitted pipeline and other projects under Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 while preserving states' authority, pushing back against reports that the Trump administration is planning to curtail states' power in an effort to speed the reviews. In a Feb. 20 letter to Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Army Corps of Engineers chief R.D. James, groups including the Western Governors' Association (WGA), National Conference of...