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EPA's attempt would extend Federal jurisdiction under Section 404 of the Act to any impoundment, wetland or other waters that are either relatively permanent, or have a significant nexus to what for most of the past fifty years was considered a Water of the United States.
On World Oceans Day, a new Climate Central study explores how wetlands and the benefits they provide to coastal communities, economies, and ecosystems can, or cannot, adapt to rising sea levels.
In 2020, Florida became just the third state and the first in decades to take over management of a key federal Clean Water Act program. Now, state rather than federal officials decide whether companies can dredge and fill wetlands and waterways for projects ranging from mining to housing developments to roads and bridges.