Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, recently welcomed a letter from the Obama Administration. The letter, signed by Nancy Sutley, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator, Terrence Salt, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture and Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, urged enactment of legislation to amend the Clean Water Act to clarify the scope of the Act's protections.To read the letter from the Obama Administration, click here.
Boxer said:
The Obama Administration has provided a clear call for legislation to ensure that the Clean Water Act continues to be an effective tool to keep America's waters clean and our families healthy. I look forward to working closely with the Administration and my colleagues in the Senate to enact legislation that protects rivers, lakes and wetlands and keeps Americans' drinking water safe while providing the clear guidance that farmers, businesses, federal agencies, and state and local governments need.This call to action comes in the wake of two Supreme Court decisions: Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs, 531 U.S. 159 (2001) and Rapanos v. U.S., 547 U.S. 715 (2006).
To read more from Sen. Boxer, click here.
Posted: 06/01/09
