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- Clean Water Act Definition of "Waters of the United States". EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, On June 5, 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army issued guidance clarifying Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the consolidated cases Rapanos v. United States and Carabell v. United States. The agencies received 66,047 public comments on the Rapanos Guidance (65,765 form letters, 282 non-form letters), from States, environmental and conservation organizations, regulated entities, industry associations, and the general public. EPA and the Department of the Army jointly reviewed the comments and released a revised version of the guidance on December 2, 2008 in consideration of those comments and consistent with the agencies' experience implementing the guidance.
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