States Fear NACEPT Wetlands Permitting Report Will Fail To Provide Clarity

State environmental regulators are raising concerns that an EPA advisory panel will fail to reach consensus on how the agency can assist states in receiving delegated authority to issue Clean Water Act (CWA) section 404 dredge-and-fill permits and therefore fail to provide the clarity that the agency and states are seeking. If the advisory panel finalizes a report that includes separate recommendations from the Army Corps of Engineers and the rest of the advisors, it would leave state permitting managers...