The American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) questioned the public comments submitted by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy (SBA Advocacy) concerning the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Waters of the United States rule. Those comments called for EPA to withdraw the rule.

Update (07/17/2014): On July 16, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed a number of measures to limit the EPA's ability to regulate water pollution. These measures would entirely halt the agency's proposed "Waters of the U.S." rule and restrict the timeframe that the EPA has to veto pollution permits. Under the bills passed by the committee, individual states will have greater authority over water pollution permits.