New York AG Provided Testimony in Opposition to EPA’s Revised Definition of Waters of the United States

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

A representative of New York Attorney General Letitia James testified at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) hearing in Kansas City to strongly object to the Trump administration’s proposal to revise the definition of “waters of the United States.” The testimony noted that New York is leading a coalition of states opposing the EPA’s proposed redefinition, which would exclude an estimated 51 percent of national wetlands and 18 percent of national streams from Clean Water Act protections.