Conservation Groups Laud EPA Decision to Restore Yazoo Pumps Veto
November 18, 2021
November 18, 2021
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSPol) -- American Rivers issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) restored its long-standing Clean Water Act veto of a massive agricultural drainage project in the Mississippi Delta known as the Yazoo Pumps. EPA's decision immediately reinstates Clean Water Act protections for some of the nation's richest wetlands and waters, which provide habitat for over 28 million migrating birds each year. . . .
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) restored its long-standing Clean Water Act veto of a massive agricultural drainage project in the Mississippi Delta known as the Yazoo Pumps. EPA's decision immediately reinstates Clean Water Act protections for some of the nation's richest wetlands and waters, which provide habitat for over 28 million migrating birds each year. . . .