EPA's Snooze Button Auto-Approves Hydropower Clean Water Permit
Published Date: 5/1/2025
Notice
Summary
STS Hydropower, LLC asked Illinois EPA for permission to make sure their project won’t harm water quality. Illinois EPA has one year, until April 1, 2026, to decide. If they don’t respond by then, their approval is automatically given, speeding up the project’s progress without extra costs or delays.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
One-year deadline; waiver if no action
STS Hydropower requested a Clean Water Act section 401 water quality certification on April 1, 2025. Illinois EPA has one year — until April 1, 2026 — to act; if it does not act by that date the certification is automatically deemed waived under section 401(a)(1), allowing the project to proceed without additional state approval or delays.
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