On the recordJune 21, 2000
H.R. 4635 includes bill language that would prevent EPA from finalizing or implementing changes to the Agency's TMDL program that are based on the August 23, 1999 proposed rule during fiscal year 2001. This limitation is consistent with my own position that, due to the overwhelming opposition from groups as diverse as the United States Conference of Mayors, Friends of the Earth, Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund, the Sierra Club, the Clean Water Industry Coalition, the National Federation of Independent Business, the American Foreign Bureau Federation and the American Forest and Paper Association, EPA should withdraw its August 23, 1999 TMDL proposals and go back to the drawing board. However, I also want to make sure that H.R. 4635 also is consistent with my position that State work on TMDLs continues as expeditiously as possible, in accordance with EPA's existing regulations, while work on a new proposal is underway.
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