Currently, the EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit riders often include language and permits that provide loopholes for anti development groups to sue and block permits needed for critical energy and other infrastructure improvements. My provision closes those loopholes and limits opportunities for unwarranted lawsuits. This bill doesn't roll back the Clean Water Act. It codifies decades old EPA policy to shield permit holders from activist lawsuits as long as they acted in good faith and according to the specific terms of their permit. (01:01–01:07)
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Asserts that the provision in HR 7023 will close loopholes and reduce unwarranted lawsuits.
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