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# EPA Rules
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/epa-rules/
- Published: 2014-07-13T16:40:20.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:33:30.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Letters, Opinion, conservation, letter, water, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:37

Summer is here and many of us are heading out to spend time on the water.  
We should be glad the Environmental Protection Agency has recently proposed a long-overdue rule that will safeguard water quality across the country.  
This "new" proposal is really an old one: it simply clarifies which bodies of water are protected under the Clean Water Act.  
The proposal will restore federal protections to two million miles of streams - waters that provide drinking water to 117 million Americans and vital habitat for wildlife.  
Liz Redwing  
Marina Del Rey