Responsible for all matters pertaining to air, water, energy, and land use, including water resources/management, stormwater, pesticides, air quality standards, solid, hazardous, and nuclear waste handling, transport, and disposal, national energy policy, renewable/alternative energy, alternative fuel vehicles, energy facility siting, electricity utility restructuring, pipeline safety, oil spills, superfund/brownfields, eminent domain, land use, coastal management, oceans, parks and recreation.
Environment, Energy & Land Use Steering Committee
Policy Briefs
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Policy Brief
Support Efforts to Make Clean Water Act Requirements Affordable and Achievable Through Integrated Planning
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Policy Brief
Support Authorization of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)
ACTION NEEDED: Urge Congress to pass a WRDA bill this year and move back to a regular two-year authorization cycle. -
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Policy Brief
EPA Delays Implementation of 2015 Ozone Rule
ACTION NEEDED: Urge your members of Congress to support continued efforts to delay the new National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone until after the 2008 ozone standards are fully implemented and analyzed for impact. -
Policy Brief
"Waters of the U.S." Rule
Continue to advocate for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to rewrite the 2015 “Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS)” rule in a way that recognizes counties’ role as owners of key public safety and water infrastructure and as intergovernmental partners in implementing federal regulations under the Clean Water Act.
Latest Resources
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Press Release |
Dec. 12, 2018
Counties are on the front lines of environmental protection and stewardship. In advocating for improvements to the ‘Waters of the U.S.’ rule, we have championed greater intergovernmental collaboration and practical, clearer definitions.
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Video |
Sep. 26, 2018
Klickitat County, Wash. Commissioner David Sauter will testify today on behalf of NACo on ESA modernization bills.
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Press Release |
Aug. 15, 2018
Counties appreciate the Administration’s focus on Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting, which can create new opportunities for state and local governments to play a greater role in implementing the Act.
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Contact
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Associate Legislative Director – Environment, Energy & Land Use(202) 942-4269