City of Baltimore - File #: 14-0185R

• File #: 14-0185R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of the Definition of "Waters of the United States" Under the Clean Water Act Proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers.
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/8/2014
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 9/8/2014
• Title: In Support of the Definition of "Waters of the United States" Under the Clean Water Act Proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers. FOR the purpose of supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ("EPA") and the Army Corps of Engineers’ (the "Corps") proposed definition of "Waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act; helping to enhance the protection of our nation’s public health and aquatic resources, and increasing the Clean Water Act’s program predictability and consistency by clarifying the scope of the "Waters of the United States" protected under the Act.
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, Sharon Green Middleton, Brandon M. Scott, Nick Mosby, Carl Stokes, Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, Bill Henry, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, President Young, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Army Corps of Engineers, Clear Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Support Definition, Waters of the United States

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/8/2014	0	City Council	Introduced
9/8/2014	0	City Council	Adopted
9/8/2014	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of the Definition of "Waters of the United States" Under the Clean Water Act Proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers.

FOR the purpose of supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ("EPA") and the Army Corps of Engineers’ (the "Corps") proposed definition of "Waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act; helping to enhance the protection of our nation’s public health and aquatic resources, and increasing the Clean Water Act’s program predictability and consistency by clarifying the scope of the "Waters of the United States" protected under the Act.
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Recitals

The waters of the United States are a treasured resource. In Maryland, the clean water that they provide protects public health, recreational resources, and economic livelihood.

The Clean Water Act is the fundamental federal law protecting the waters of the United States from pollution, degradation, and destruction. Strong federal standards are needed to provide these protections because water does not respect political boundaries. More than one thousand peer-reviewed, scientific studies have confirmed that headwater intermittent and ephemeral streams and wetlands affect the quantity and quality of water in larger bodies of water downstream.

Critical streams and wetlands which...