NSSGA Comments to EPA on the WOTUS Notice: Request for Recommendations; EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0093
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) is pleased to provide comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) (the agencies) on the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Notice: The Final Response to SCOTUS; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Recommendations. NSSGA is a member of the Waters Advocacy Coalition and incorporates their comments by reference. NSSGA supports the agencies in working towards a durable rule based on the unanimous Sackett opinion by the Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS). Premature rulemaking during the previous administration, as SCOTUS was considering the case, and the subsequent updated rule failed to provide the clarity and certainty needed by officials of the agencies and other government entities, the regulated community, and the public. NSSGA agrees with the initial decisions to remove the expansive and confusing coordination memos and to make isolated wetlands non-jurisdictional as comporting with the Sackett opinion.