Clean Water Protections Are Under Attack.
The U.S. House of Representatives is advancing legislation that would gut the Clean Water Act and make it easier for polluters to contaminate rivers, lakes, wetlands, and drinking water sources.
The “PERMIT Act” (H.R. 3898) is a package of over 15 anti-clean water bills and is one of the most extreme threats to clean water protections we have seen in decades. That’s why we are calling it the “Permission to Pollute Act.”
The Permission to Pollute Act removes the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to block dangerous projects, limits the rights of states and tribes to protect their own waters, shields polluters from being held accountable, and opens the door to unchecked pollution.
Additionally, the Permission to Pollute Act:
- Cuts protections for streams and wetlands,
- Lets political appointees decide which waters can be excluded from protections,
- Promotes cost savings for polluters over science-based water quality standards,
- Discourages advancements in reducing wastewater pollution,
- Takes away state and tribal power,
- Increases the use of outdated pollution standards, and
- Lets polluters off the hook.
This bill undermines the Clean Water Act and puts polluter profits ahead of reducing water pollution and protecting health and the environment.
We need to tell our U.S. Representatives to:
- Oppose the PERMIT Act and any bill that weakens the Clean Water Act
- Stand with communities that depend on clean water, not with polluters
- Protect EPA’s ability to enforce pollution safeguards and protect wetlands, headwaters, and drinking water
Send a Message to Your U.S. Representative:
Protect Clean Water. Oppose the Permission to Pollute Act.
