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WaterNews for August 11, 2000WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. Inside this week's WaterNews:
1) New Proposal To Protect the Nation’s Wetlands EPA yesterday proposed significant new protections for tens of thousands of acres of environmentally valuable wetlands across the United States. Under the action, EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are proposing to address a major regulatory loophole in the Clean Water Act by clarifying the types of activities that can harm wetlands and thus, require regulation. The proposal will clarify the current regulations under the Clean Water Act, Section 404, to address environmentally destructive earth-moving activities (such as mechanized land clearing, ditching, channelization, and in-stream mining) associated with ditching and draining wetlands. For more information, visit http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/dredgedmat/dredmat.html on the Internet. 2) EPA Approves Six State Programs to Clean Up Great Lakes, with Minor Exceptions Under Clinton-Gore Administration initiatives to expedite the cleanup of the Great Lakes, EPA has approved six Great Lakes states programs specifically tailored to clean up the Lakes, finding two states programs, those of Minnesota and Pennsylvania, fully consistent with federal Clean Water Act standards and the l995 Great Lakes Guidance. Four states= programs, those of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, also were approved last week with minor exceptions in each state. Under the l995 Great Lakes Guidance issued by EPA and all eight Great Lakes states, the states agreed to adopt programs consistent with the Guidance to ensure cleanup of the Great Lakes. Under the Clean Water Act, states may adopt their own programs providing they are consistent with and as stringent as federal criteria and standards. To cover the four states= gaps in their programs, EPA is implementing federal Clean Water Act standards in those cases. EPA=s approval and additional details will be published in the Federal Register soon. For more information, visit http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/GLI/ on the Internet.
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