The EPA and Army Corps of Engineers are proposing to substantially reduce the scope of water bodies protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The impact on Tribal Nations will be immediate and, in some cases, potentially severe. Join the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) for a critical discussion on the proposed regulatory revisions to the "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) definition. The resulting definition threatens to strip federal protection from streams and wetlands vital to Tribal reserved rights including hunting, fishing, and gathering by eliminating key jurisdictional standards. This webinar will provide Tribal leaders, legal counsel, and environmental staff with an analysis and commentary of the proposed rule, which attempts to codify the Supreme Court's 2023 ruling in Sackett v. EPA, and also answer questions about the proposed rule and offer ideas about how Tribal Nations can participate in the comment process and monitor the proposal moving forward.
