Needed OMB‐issued exception for effective date of rule implementing Section 404 Nationwide General Permits Request Letter

This letter from ECOS, ACWA and ASWM urges OMB to make an exception to the regulatory freeze of the Clean Water Act Section 404 Nationwide General Permits and to allow the final rule to go forward for reissuance of the permits published in the Federal Register on January 6, 2017 and scheduled to go into effect on March 19, 2017, the day after the existing nationwide permits expire.