Barrasso Reintroduces Legislation to Improve Water Quality Certifications
Press Release
Issues: Environment
"Section 401 of the Clean Water Act has been repetitively used by activist states like New York and Washington to block energy infrastructure under the guise of water quality.By expanding Section 401 beyond direct water quality effects, they have obstructed interstate commerce for energy producing states like North Dakota. The Water Quality Certification Improvement Act places common sense procedural guardrails and requirements on states to prevent abuse without removing any water quality protections."
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