My Letter to Congress: S.787 Clean Water Restoration Act

I am writing as your constituent in the 13th Congressional district of Ohio. I oppose S.787 - Clean Water Restoration Act, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.

I oppose this bill on the grounds that it greatly expands the scope of the EPA at a time when big governement is ruining our nation.

Sincerely,
Mark Sedlack

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Dear Mr. Sedlack:

Thank you for contacting me on the very important issue of protecting our nation?s waters.

Enacted in 1972, the Clean Water Act (CWA) is a landmark piece of legislation that has helped restore and protect our nation?s stream, lakes, estuaries, and coastal areas. Yet in 2006, the Supreme Court issued a joint decision that continues a decades long attempt to weaken the Act by declaring that only continuously flowing rivers and streams were intended to be protected by the Act. This definition would leave more than half of the nation?s waters unprotected from the pollution and development that the Act was created to protect them from.

To fully achieve the goals sought by the CWA, Congress must take a more active role in the process. The Clean Water Restoration Act (S. 787) helps achieve cleaner water nationwide by reaffirming the original intent of the CWA to protect the nation?s waters from pollution instead of simply sustaining the navigability of waterways. That is why I am a cosponsor. This bill does not preempt state and local authority under the CWA, does not prohibit development that causes discharge of pollutants, and it does not change the existing permitting process.

Thank you again for writing.

Sincerely,

Sherrod Brown
United States Senator



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