EPA and Army: Field Memo on ‘Continuous Surface Connection’ (2025)

Government Record · U.S. Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · March 12, 2025

EPA and the Army Corps, March 2025: guidance telling field staff how to decide whether a wetland has a 'continuous surface connection' to other water after Sackett, effective immediately. The agencies' own reading of the rule.

This guidance represents the agencies' views on the proper implementation of the definition of 'waters of the United States' and is effective immediately.

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EPA and the Army Corps, March 2025: guidance telling field staff how to decide whether a wetland has a 'continuous surface connection' to other water after Sackett, effective immediately. The agencies' own reading of the rule.