Federalism Consultation Letters - Region 5
EPA is archiving material relevant to the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, including this page, to avoid confusion with the January 2023 rulemaking efforts. The Navigable Waters Protection Rule was vacated by two courts and replaced in the Federal Register.
Learn more about the proposed 2025 rule, Updated Definition of "Waters of the United States."
Learn more about federalism consultation for the January 2023 rulemaking.
As part of the EPA and the Department of the Army’s efforts to review and revise the scope of the “waters of the United States,” the agencies have posted almost 200 comment letters that were submitted during the formal consultation process, giving the public and stakeholders the opportunity to review the input the agencies received. Summary of issues raised during federalism and tribal consultation are available in the docket for the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.
- Complete list of the federalism letters.
- Complete list of the tribal letters.
- IL - EPA 2017-06-26 (pdf)
- IN- AIC 2017-06-16 (pdf)
- IN - Blackford-County 2017-06-20 (pdf)
- IN - CSAI 2017-06-16 (pdf)
- IN - DEM 2017-06-19 (pdf)
- IN - Hamilton-County 2017-06-16 (pdf)
- IN - Hancock-County 2017-06-19 (pdf)
- MI - DEQ-DA 2017-06-16 (pdf)
- MN - MPCA-DNR 2017-06-19 (pdf)
- OH - Attorney General DeWine 2017-06-19 (pdf)
- OH - DA 2017-06-16 (pdf)
- OH - DNR 2017-06-19 (pdf)
- OH - DNR-Attachment 2017-06-19 (pdf)
- OH - DNR-Mineral Resources Management 2017-06-13 (pdf)
- OH - DOT 2017-06-19 (pdf)
- OH - EPA 2017-06-19 (pdf)
- OH - EPA-Attachment-Cover Letter 2017-06-19 (pdf)
- WI - DNR 2017-06-19 (pdf)