InWMC Organizational Documents

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Indiana's own Janet McCabe, environmental law and policy expert at Indiana University's McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, is heading back to Washington D.C., this time to serve as the Deputy Administrator for the U.S. EPA. www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2021/01/15/hoosier-picked-deputy-administrator-bidens-epa... ... See MoreSee Less

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Indiana Water Monitoring Council

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**ALERT** Contact your legislator today to protect Indiana wetlands!Indiana Senate Bill No. 389, now under consideration would repeal Indiana's state-regulated wetlands law, which currently requires a permit from the department of environmental management for wetland activity in a state regulated wetland. Wetlands play a critical role in flood protection, drinking water supply protection, public health protection, water quality protection, climate change protection, and endangered habitat protection: . This bill would eliminate state management and protection of these resourcesYou can learn more about how the current regulations protect these resources here: www.in.gov/idem/wetlands/This bill would eliminate the current regulation described at the link above by: * Repealing the entire law on state regulated wetlands IC 13-18-22* Eliminating the process of wetland delineation * Eliminating the in lieu fee programYou can learn more about the proposed legislation and read the text of the bill here: iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/389/#document-409e92e4 The bill is slated to become law on July 1, 2021!**Contact your legislator today and tell them you want them to protect Indiana's wetlands! You can find your legislator at the link below. You can reach them via email, but phone calls are the best option given the tight timeline on this bill. Find my legislator: iga.in.gov/legislative/find-legislators/ ... See MoreSee Less

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