Ten AGs Sent Letter Opposing Legislation Restricting States’ Authority to Protect Waterways Against Pollution from Commercial Vessels
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman led a coalition of 10 attorneys general in sending a letter urging Senate leaders to oppose the Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act, a bill that “would dramatically weaken clean water protections by preventing New York and other states from limiting the discharge of biological pollution by commercial shipping vessels into their waters. The bill would also take the radical step of exempting these discharges from the federal Clean Water Act.”
- Documents: Letter
- Document Type: Non-rulemaking Letters
- States: California Illinois Maine Massachusetts Michigan New York Oregon Rhode Island Vermont Washington
- Agencies: Congress
- Issues: Clean Water Act Invasive Species Oceans and Water Policy Public Lands & Wildlife Water Wildlife
- Era: Trump Administration
- Action Type: Letter to Congress