An article in the New York Times on March 12 explores how proposed changes by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Clean Water Act would expand the scope of activities that will require federal permits. Although the article focuses on farmers, this same regulation would impose additional permitting requirements on real estate owners, managers and developers.
NMHC is a member of the Waters Advocacy Coalition, which the article notes has filed comments with Congress and the Obama Administration on the expanded definition of waters subject to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. As we recently reported, the EPA’s proposal is so overly broad that even artificial ponds used to store rainwater to prevent runoff would be federally regulated.
