The National Multifamily Housing Council and the National Apartment Association recently issued a media release expressing their disappointment in a regulation the EPA recently issued redefining and expanding what “waters of the U.S.” means under the Clean Water Act. Indeed…
“While the apartment industry strongly supports protecting our water resources, we cannot support the changes issued by the EPA. This federal overreach will greatly expand the universe of properties, including many with only a tenuous relationship to a body of water, required to seek very expensive federal permits to develop or redevelop housing.”
Click here to read the full release at the NMHC.
Click here to read the new rule at EPA.gov.
