Public Input Period for Updated Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Proposed Rule Ends October 9th

On September 4, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Army (“the agencies”) announced the signing of a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) to gather input on additional regulatory alternatives they will consider alongside the 2025 Updated Definition of “Waters of the United States” proposed rule. The SNPRM was published …

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Community Input Session for Foster Branch and Gunpowder River Remediation and Restoration Projects to be held October 7, 2026

Join us, Chesapeake Bay Trust, and your fellow invested community members for a Community Input Session to discuss possible projects to put the available funding to use. Who: Chesapeake Bay Trust, your neighbors, and you What: Listening Session to hear from community members on their project priorities for Restoration and Remediation funding Where: Mariner Point …

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The Bay Journal’s Timothy Wheeler Covers Ongoing Pollution into the Gunpowder River from Ridgely’s Reserve

In his September 2nd article in The Bay Journal, “Pollution from development still flowing into Gunpowder River” Tim Wheeler discusses the ongoing sedimentation into Foster Branch from the D.R. Horton development upstream, despite the settlement in May to hold the polluters accountable. Wheeler states, This wasn’t supposed to keep happening. State officials had said the …

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