Sign On Letters & Statements

July 2024:

• Farm Bill Coalition Letter (7/22/2024)

June 2024:

• FY 2025 Great Lakes Restoration Funding (6/10/2024)

April 2024:

• Fiscal Year 2025 Funding Request for the EPA and Environmental Justice Initiatives (4/2/2024)
• Letter to Congress to support the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act (4/3/2024)
• Letter to the Biden Administration on Domestic Plastic Action (4/10/2024)

February 2024:

• Updating the Toxic and Pollutant Lists Under the Clean Water Act (2/1/2024)

OCTOBER 2023:

• Comments on Draft Rules Regulating Great Lakes Diversions (10/12/2023)
• Community Letter on EPW’s Sackett v. EPA Hearing (10/18/2023)

SEPTEMBER 2023:

• Letter Supporting Improvements to Lead and Copper Rules in Safe Drinking Water Act (9/19/2023)
• Letter Opposing the Clean Water SRF Parity Act (9/28/2023)

AUGUST 2023:

• Comments of Environmental and Community Organizations on the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s Proposed Rule (8/16/2023)

JUNE 2023:

• Support Letter for Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Trails Funding (6/6/23)
• Sign-On to Urge President Biden to Answer UN Secretary General’s Call to Take Real Climate Action in Line with Science and Justice (6/15/23)
• Letter to EPA Requesting Change to EPA Guidance that Undermines TRI Reporting of Waste Disposal/Handling (6/27/23)

MAY 2023:

• Letter to U.S. Senators and Representatives Supporting NOAA Funding for Vital Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Programs (5/23)
• Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau Urging Canada to Withdraw its Invocation of the 1977 Pipeline Treaty and Shut Down Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline (5/15/23)
• Letter Urging EPA to Set Strong Wastewater Treatment Standards for Coal-Fired Power Plants (5/27/23)
• Letter to EPA Supporting PFAS Drinking Water Regulations (5/30/23)

APRIL 2023:

• Letter to Secretary Buttigieg to Ban the Transportation of LNG by Rail (4/23)

MARCH 2023:

• Sign-On Letter Urging EPA to Adopt Coal Ash as a National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative for 2024-2027 (3/13/23)

FEBRUARY 2023:

• Petition on Lead Levels for Bottled Water, Food Contact Materials, and Certain Foods (Docket No. FDA-2020-P-2276) Support Letter (2/1/23)
• Letter to House and Senate Agriculture Committee Leadership Urging Them to Protect the $20 Billion for Climate-Smart Ag and Conservation in the 2023 Farm Bill (2/27/23)
• Letter on Builder Final Act (2/27/23)

JANUARY 2023:

• Letter to the Interior Dept. Outling 9 Concrete Steps to Take to Align with President Biden’s Climate Promises (1/11/23)
• Letter to OMB Supporting Drinking Water Standards (1/19/23)
• Letter to CEQ Supporting Drinking Water Standards (1/19/23)
• Letter to EPA Supporting Drinking Water Standards (1/19/23)

OCTOBER 2022:

• Designate PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substance (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019- 0341)Support Letter (10/24/22)

SEPTEMBER 2022:

• National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Act NCARS Local Support Letter (9/14/22)

AUGUST 2022:

• Letter to EPA from 121 Public Interest Groups asking for Coal Ash Rulemaking (8/1/22)
• 132 Groups in Support of Climate-Smart Agriculture and Conservation Funding in the Inflation Reduction Act (8/4/22)
• Letter from 650+ Groups Opposing Fossil Fuel Projects and Proposed Permitting Reforms (8/24/22)
• Plastics Letter to Secretary Haaland (8/25/22)
• Comments on the Draft July 2022 Clean Water Loan Program Intended Use Plan for FFY 2022 Funds for the SFY 2023 Funding Cycle (8/29/22)

JULY 2022:

• Sign on to Urge EPA to Protect Environmental Justice Communities from Impacts of Factory Farms (7/19/22)
• Sign-on Letter Urging President Biden to Follow Through on the Designation of PFOA/PFOS as Hazardous Substances (7/27/22)
• Organizational Sign on Letter to Biden and Schumer to Hold the Line Against Fossil Fuel Expansion (7/29/22)

JUNE 2022:

• Sackett VS EPA: Brief of Waterkeeper Organizations as Amici Curiae in Support of EPA (6/19/22)
• Letter to the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee Calling for Action to Get PFAS Out of Our Drinking Water (6/22/22)
• Justice for Line 3 Defendants – Leadership Letter (6/22/22)

MAY 2022:

• Public comment on Docket ID No. COE-2022-0003 and Review of Nationwide Permit 12 (5/27/22)

APRIL 2022:

• Clean Water Act Financial Capability Guidance 2022 Proposal (4/25/22)
• Comments on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC)’s draft 2022 Natural Gas Certificate Policy Statement2 (2022 Certificate Policy) and 2022 Greenhouse Gas Policy Statement3 (4/2522)

MARCH 2022:

• Petition for Rulemaking to Add Dams and Reservoirs as a Source Category Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (3/21/22)
• Comments to US EPA on Public Comment Draft of the EPA Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (3/16/22)

FEBRUARY 2022:

• Testimony on Adopting PFAS Standards for Drinking, Ground and Surface Water (2/23/22)
• Waterkeeper Alliance Comments on Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States,” Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0602 (2/7/22)

JANUARY 2022:

• CMRT Letter to WISDOT Regarding I-94 Options (1/24/22)
• Updated MRK Comments on Komatsu Oil Spill on Menomonee River (1/11/22)
• Letter to US EPA RE: Equitable Implementation of New SRF Funding Provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (1/14/22)

DECEMBER 2021:

• MRK Comments on Komatsu Oil Spill on Menomonee River (12/10/21)
• Letter to White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council Members Regarding Equitable Access to Clean Water (12/2/21)

NOVEMBER 2021:

• Public comments on the Village of Somers’ application to divert 1.2 million gallons per day from Lake Michigan to a portion of the Village outside the Great Lakes Basin (11/30/21)
• Comments on Docket No. CEQ–2021–0002, Council on Environmental Quality Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions (11/22/21)
• Feedback to WDNR on the Draft Rule Incorporating Federal CCR Requirements into Wisconsin Regulations Governing CCR Landfills, Reg. No. WA-17-18 (11/4/21)
• Letter to CHPAC urging group to immediately recommend that EPA: (1) make fundamental necessary changes to the Lead and Copper Rule (11/1/21)

• Letter to USDA Asking to Reject Ag Offset Schemes (11/1/21)

OCTOBER 2021:

• Petition to Halt the Approval of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Permits as Contrary to the Public Interest and for Associated Actions and Rulemaking (10/6/21)

JULY 2021:

• Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) Virtual Engagements Docket No. EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0255 (7/30/21)

• Comments to WDNR on Economic Impact Analysis for Coal Combustion Residual Landfills and Surface Impoundments (7/25/21)

JUNE 2021:

• Comments in response to EO 13990 and proposed rule 86 FR 23876, docket number DOT-OST-2021-0036 on I-94 Expansion & Equity (6/4/21)

MAY 2021:

• Comments on the Proposed Orchard Ridge Eastern Expansion-Southern Unit Landfill in the Village of Menomonee Falls (5/26/2021)

APRIL 2021:

• Comments to WDNR on NR 216 rule changes (4/30/21)
• Petition for Rulemaking to Remove Methane and Ethane from “Negligibly Reactive” Volatile Organic Compounds List (4/06/21)

MARCH 2021:

• Letter to Kerry RE: request your support and leadership in urgently addressing ending the flow of private finance from Wall Street to the industries driving climate change around the world — fossil fuels and forest-risk commodities (3/30/21)

• Letter to Buttigieg urging US DOT not to reissue the old, out-of-date Record of Decision (ROD) for the stalled I-94 East-West expansion and reconstruction in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (3/16/21)
• Letter to President Biden urging swift action to revoke the Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline’s permits and stop its construction (3/8/21)
• Request to Withdraw Pre-Publication “2021 Financial Capability Assessment Guidance for Clean Water Act Obligations” (3/3/21)

FEBRUARY 2021:

• Comments on Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy CCR Surface Impoundments, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OLEM–2020–0107 (2/12/21)
• Comments on Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy CCR Surface Impoundments (2/12/21)

• Clean Water Act Organizational Sign On Letter (2/25/21)

JANUARY 2021:

• Comment on EPA’s draft guidance, titled “Applying the Supreme Court’s County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund Decision in the Clean Water Act Section 402 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program.” (1/11/21)

DECEMBER 2020:

• Emergency Rule Comments Relating to regulating firefighting foam that contains certain contaminants (12/17/20)

• Animal Agriculture Reform Policy Recommendations for Biden-Harris (12/15/20)
• Executive Order on Averting the Climate Emergency (12/15/20)
• Plastic Free President Priority Plastic Actions for Biden’s First Year (12/08/20)

NOVEMBER 2020:

• EPA Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards of Performance (11/25/20)
• OP-ED: We Oppose I-94 Expansion (11/18/20)
• County Grounds Coalition – Irgens Development Letter (11/2/20)

OCTOBER 2020:

• Milwaukee Riverkeeper Comments on WDNR PFAS Action Plan (10/31/20)
• Milwaukee Riverkeeper Testimony to National Resources Board on Firefighting Foam (10/28/20)
• Great Lakes Groups Request for Extension and Public Hearings (10/28/20)
• Financial Capability Assessment for Clean Water Act Obligations (10/19/20)

AUGUST 2020:

• Joint Letter from Environmental Groups to National Resources Board on Emergency Ruling Delay  (8/26/20)

• Support Funding for Lead Service Line Replacement (7/23/20)
• Wisconsin Task Force on Climate Change – Milwaukee Riverkeeper Testimony (7/15/20)
• Bureau of Land Management Proposed Rulemaking Changes Comment Letter (7/2/20)
• Bureau of Land Management Proposed Categorial Changes Confirmation (7/2/20)

• HR2 Clean Water Comment Letter (6/29/20)
• HR2 Restoring Work, Wildlife & Public Lands Provisions Support Letter (6/29/20)

• Congressional Wildlife Stimulus Sign On Letter (5/18/20)

• Great Lakes and Midwest Groups comments on EPA Supplemental Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science Proposal: Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OA–2018–0259  (5/18/20)

• Milwaukee Riverkeeper Letter of Support for Consideration of Removal of Cedarburg Dam (5/12/20)

• Protect People Don’t Bail Out Fossil Fuel Polluters Sign On Letter (4/20/20)

• Supplemental Censored Science Comments Extension Request Letter (3/24/20)
• Letter of Support for Kinnickinnic River Watercourse Restoration and Flood Management in Jackson Park (3/13/20)
• 58 Great Lakes and Midwest Groups Comment Letter on Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (3/10/20)

FEBRUARY 2020:

• Letter of Support for the Federal Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020 (2/11/20)
• Milwaukee Riverkeeper Comments on I-43 Wis-DOT Project (2/3/20)

JANUARY 2020:

• Letter to Administrator Wheeler Opposing Proposed Effluent Limitation Guideline Revisions Signed On by 133 Organizations (1/21/20)
• NCEL Comments to Adminstrator Wheeler on Proposed Coal Ash Rules (1/20/20)
• Milwaukee Riverkeeper Comments to WDNR on revisions to  NR500  to  520 on coal combustion residual landfills and surface impoundments (1/14/20)
• Milwaukee Riverkeeper Comments to WDNR on Dredged Material Management Facility Alternatives Analysis  (1/9/20)