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 Wetlands and Clean Water Act 

 Issue Summary Overview
NAA/NMHC Issue Fact Sheet: Wetlands and Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act (CWA) protects the quality of surface waters through a series of regulations that restrict direct pollutant discharges into waterways, finance municipal wastewater treatment facilities and manage polluted runoff. Among other things, the CWA requires developers who disturb wetlands to receive a federal permit.

 Recent Issue News
NAA/NMHC Submit Letter Opposing EPA’s Guidance Expanding CWA's Scope
NAA/NMHC and a coalition express "serious concerns" with the Environmental Protection Agency's planned guidance expanding the scope of the Clean Water Act.