Comments in Response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Rule: Updating Regulations on Water Quality Certification

COMMENTS SUMMARY

NCLA commends EPA’s efforts to provide more certainty and stability in relation to implementing Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. While NCLA appreciates the importance of state sovereignty and the purpose underlying Section 401, it is also important to ensure that one state’s exercise of sovereign power does not deny the rights and entitlements of other states.