House Uses “Permitting Reform” to Give Polluters Permission to Contaminate our Water Resources

Cars driving on a street in Washington, D.C. The street dead ends at the U.S. Capitol.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3898, the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act. The bill would significantly weaken several pollution controls in the Clean Water Act, shield polluters from accountability, and hamper the ability of states and Tribal governments to protect their water resources from well-documented pollution sources…

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