PERMIT Act

This bill, called the PERMIT Act, changes the Clean Water Act by narrowing what counts as "navigable waters" under the law. Specifically, it removes certain things from that definition, including waste treatment systems, streams or channels that only flow when it rains, farmland that was previously converted from wetlands, groundwater, and any other features that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decides to exclude. By narrowing this definition, fewer waterways and water features would be covered by the Clean Water Act's rules.

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