INDUSTRY CALLS FOR HILL ACTION ON CORPS' WETLANDS PERMIT PHASEOUT

Wetlands regulation reform advocates may seek legislative action to block an Army Corps of Engineers proposal to phase out a controversial but widely used general permit for the development of these resources. The Corps -- as part of its regular five-year reissuance of wetlands permits -- announced Dec. 13 that it would stop issuing nationwide wetlands permit 26 (NWP 26) by December 1998 (Water Policy Report , Dec. 4, p4). Environmentalists, who note concerns over the cumulative impact of this...