Trump-era Dirty Water Rule BLOCKED

Two federal courts have invalidated Trump’s "Dirty Water Rule" that put
our vital waterways at risk of pollution. Now the EPA and Army Corps must
immediately follow through with its proposal to restore and strengthen
Clean Water Act protections!

Submit your public comment supporting this proposal before the February 7
deadline!

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Dear NRDC Activist,

It should come as no surprise to hear that during his administration,
Donald Trump gave major polluters the green light to pollute thousands of
rivers, lakes, and streams with no repercussions.

The "Clean Water Act" is a bedrock law designed to prevent the pollution
of drinking water sources for millions of Americans. But Trump implemented
what came to be known as the "Dirty Water Rule," which eliminated federal
Clean Water Act protections for many water bodies and threatened acres of
wetlands and millions of streams — including those that feed the drinking
water sources of more than 100 million people — with increased pollution
and flooding.

The good news? Thanks to the relentless efforts of our coalition partners,
Indigenous tribes, NRDC's legal team and activists like you, two federal
courts have invalidated Trump's "Dirty Water Rule."

Now President Biden's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps
of Engineers are proposing a new rule to permanently cancel the Trump rule
and restore protections for many of the waterways that millions of us
depend on and that the Trump rule left behind.

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Biden administration is inviting the public to comment on its proposal —
but only for a short time, so we must hurry: Submit your official public
comment in defense of vital clean water protections before the February 7
deadline!

Trump's Dirty Water Rule was a gift to industry. His administration
eliminated federal protections for many vital bodies of water. It made no
scientific, legal, public health, or fiscal sense, and it undermined the
very core of the Clean Water Act, one of our most important, foundational
environmental laws.

TRUMP'S DIRTY WATER RULE THREATENED OUR:

* Drinking Water: The rule threatened the drinking water sources of tens
of millions of people across the country — all for the sake of
polluter profits. This move especially threatened Black, Brown,
Indigenous, and low-income communities, who have dealt with decades of
environmental racism and corporate pollution. [ [link removed] ][Submit your comment]
* Climate: The Trump rule gutted protections for wetlands, which are
critical in fighting climate change by storing carbon in their soil.
This giveaway made it easier for polluters to destroy wetlands,
exacerbating the climate crisis. [ [link removed] ][Submit your comment]
* Agriculture: Trump's rule increased the risk of more severe pollution
in streams that supply water for farms and livestock and vital
wetlands that prevent crop and property damage from flooding.
[ [link removed] ][Submit your comment]

But while EPA's proposal to restore Clean Water Act protections for many
waters gutted by Trump is a good first step, the agency must also finish
the job and move quickly towards adopting stronger federal clean water
protections that protect ALL critical waters across the country.

[ [link removed] ]Submit an official public comment
supporting the Biden administration's proposal to immediately restore
vital clean water protections — and call on them to further strengthen the
Clean Water Act with a new rule that creates strong, long-lasting
protections for water resources on which our families and communities
depend.

We've fought long and hard to restore
the Clean Water Act to its vital purpose of protecting our nation's
waterways and public health. Now we need to keep fighting to make it
stronger than ever before.

Thank you for fighting for clean water for all.

Sincerely,

Jon Devine
Senior Attorney & Director of Federal Water Policy, NRDC

Docket: EPA-HQ-QW-2021-0602

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