House Bill Threatens America’s Waters
- Lacey McCormick
- Mar 19, 2024
“Americans want strong safeguards for their water supplies, not shortcuts for chemical companies. Congress should flush this bill down the drain.”
WASHINGTON – The full House is set to vote on H.R. 7023, the “Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act,” a bill that aims to make it easier for large corporations to pollute America’s waterways.
“This bill aims to make it easier for corporations to pollute our drinking water supplies. It allows factories to dump toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in our rivers without letting officials know—and it would shield those companies from paying penalties if anyone did find out. It would create general, nationwide permits that don’t consider the local context even for major polluters like chemical factories and sewage plants. It shortcuts review of new oil, gas or carbon pipelines. It makes it easier to destroy wetlands. It would rewrite the Clean Water Act so EPA couldn’t stop risky, unpopular projects like Pebble Mine in Alaska,” said Jim Murphy, the National Wildlife Federation’s Senior Director of Legal Advocacy.
“Americans want strong safeguards for their water supplies, not shortcuts for chemical companies. Congress should flush this bill down the drain.”
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