U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works' Water and Wildlife Subcommittee

Jeff Longsworth of the Washington, D.C., office gave testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works' Water and Wildlife subcommittee. In his testimony, Jeff addressed the EPA's national effort to mandate green infrastructure and regulate the flow of stormwater; the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers' proposed waters of the U.S. rulemaking; and the collective impacts that these two federal initiatives have on MS4 operators, limiting their flexibility to address discharges from those MS4s as envisioned by the Clean Water Act. Jeff's testimony was reported on in Bloomberg BNA's article "EPA Should Provide Utilities More Flexibility In Allocating Water Funds, Lawyers Say" and "GOP Senators Weigh 'Flexibility' Legislation To Aid Water Infrastructure," published by Inside EPA.