Water Quality Criteria Development and Transparency Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Jun 13, 2025
What it does
The Water Quality Criteria Development and Transparency Act would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require that any new or revised water quality criteria issued by the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator be developed through formal rulemaking procedures, increasing transparency and public accountability. It also modifies judicial review provisions to clarify that challenges to water quality criteria issued under the new rulemaking requirement may be pursued under Section 509(b)(1) of the Act. The bill affects federal water quality standards development and aims to ensure greater procedural rigor and openness in how such criteria are established.
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.