Coalition Letter to President Trump on the Clean Water Act's Section 404(c) "Veto" Authority
The Fix the EPA Veto Coalition is focused on a significant threat—the potential use of the Clean Water Act’s section 404(c) “veto” authority to revoke permits retroactively for resource and development projects that are critical to America’s energy, economy, and national security. We are especially concerned that a future, environmentally radical administration could rely on past court decisions to use this authority to eliminate projects, such as power, mining, pipeline, energy, and other infrastructure, that have been permitted by your Administration and that are actually in the process of being built. This authority could also be used pre-emptively to veto projects undertaken during your term, but that have not yet finished the permitting process.