Issue a rule setting a time limit on CWA Section 308 information requests

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Printed page 429 13. Environmental Protection Agency

“A rule to ensure that CWA Section 308 has a clear and enforced time limit.”

What has happened

Aug 27, 2026 Not started

No rule limits how long EPA may take under a §308 information request. The agency's water rulemaking in this window has gone to the definition of waters of the United States and to §401 certification; the information-request authority the Quote wants put on a clock is untouched.

No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.

What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence

Negative search (2026-08-27): a Federal Register full-text search restricted to EPA returns no rule or proposal in the window on Clean Water Act §308 information requests; the EPA final and proposed rules we keep and search carry none.
The Office of Water’s rulemaking capacity in this window went to the waters of the United States definition (#1106, #1107) and the §401 certification rule (#1108).
EPA’s full regulatory agenda, read 2026-09-01. The full EPA Unified Agenda was read on reginfo.gov (214 entries across the active, long-term and completed stages), because the Federal Register prints only the entries that need a Regulatory Flexibility analysis and the 2026-08-27 negative search was taken from that abbreviated version. No entry anywhere in the 214 mentions Clean Water Act section 308 information requests. The negative now reaches the agenda as well as the Federal Register.