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CASS writes a letter requesting an extension of public comment period for WOTUS repeal
SWS Membership Benefits The Consortium of Aquatic Science Societies (CASS) has written a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) requesting an extension of the public comment period for the WOTUS Clean Water Rule repeal. Read the letter. Categories Biofuel CASS Chapter News Clean Water Rule…
Read More20,000 scientists warn that repeal of Wetlands Rule puts important aquatic resources at risk
SWS Membership Benefits The rule to repeal the 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Clean Water Rule (CWR) was filed on July 27 in the Federal Register. Comments on the proposed rule to repeal are due by August 28. The U.S. EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers first announced their intent to repeal and replace…
Read MoreCASS supports FY18 funding for EPA, NASA and NOAA
SWS Membership Benefits SWS joined fellow Consortium of Aquatic Science Societies (CASS) societies in signing the letters supporting FY18 funding for NOAA, NASA, and EPA. CASS sent the letters to the relevant House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees as the “Outside Witness Testimony.” Proposed cuts to these aquatic and wetland-related programs at these federal agencies have…
Read MoreCASS letter to President-Elect Trump
SWS Membership Benefits In late November, the Consortium of Aquatic Sciences Societies (CASS) wrote a Letter of Comment to President-Elect Trump about its concern for the future of the nation’s aquatic resources. SWS President Gillian Davies signed the letter in support: Dear President-Elect Trump, The Consortium of Aquatic Scientific Societies (CASS) is writing to offer…
Read MoreCASS strongly opposes Senate Joint Resolution 22, invalidating the final Clean Water Rule
SWS Membership Benefits Dear Senator: We are writing today on behalf of CASS (Consortium of Aquatic Scientific Societies), a group of five scientific societies that include the American Fisheries Society, the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, the Phycological Society of America, the Society for Freshwater Science, and the Society of Wetland Scientists.…
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