This page provides member resources for writing letters to Members of Congress about Section 428 of the Senate's FY 2016 Interior-EPA Appropriations Package.

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Background Information

• S.1645 Text
• Section 428 Fact Sheet
• Costs and Impact of Great Lakes CSO Appropriations Rider
• NACWA Board Resolution
• NACWA Letter on Sec. 428
• NRDC Blog Post - "Senator Kirk: Polluting water bodies connected to the Great Lakes = Polluting the Great Lakes"
• Milwaukee Journal Senitnel Editorial - "An unrealistic plan for wastewater overflows"
• The Hill Article - "Once thought an ally, senator now a target for green groups"
• Great Lakes stressor maps - Source: Allen et al. 2013
• April 2016 CSO Report to Congress

Letter to Send to Member of Congress

• Utility Letter Template (.docx)

Letters Submitted to Members of Congress 

National:

• APWA to Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership
• AWWA to Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership
• Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative to Appropriations Committee Leadership
• NACo, NLC, USCM, NARC to Appropriations Committee Leadership
• Rep. Gwen Moore (WI-4) to Appropriations Leadership
• Rep. Marcia Fudge (OH-11) to Appropriations Leadership
• WEF to Appropriations Committee Leadership

State/Local:

• AOMWA to Senators Brown and Portman
• Anchorage, AK to Senator Murkowski
• Avon Lake, OH to Rep. Kaptur
• Avon Lake, OH to Senators Brown and Portman
• Bowling Green, OH to Senator Brown
• Bowling Green, OH to Senator Portman
• Bowling Green, KY to Senator McConnell
• Bowling Green, KY to Rep. Rogers
• Cave City, KY to Senator McConnell
• Cleveland, OH to Senators Brown and Portman
• Duluth, MN to Senator Franken
• Duluth, MN to Senator Kobuchar
• Erie, PA to Senator Casey
• Erie, NY to Senator Schumer
• Genesee County, MI to Senator Stabenow
• Gurnee, IL to Senator Kirk
• Louisville, KY to Senator McConnell
• Louisville, KY to Rep. Rogers
• Illinois American Water to Senators Kirk and Durbin
• Milwaukee, WI to Reps. Ryan and Moore
• Milwaukee, WI to Senators Johnson and Baldwin
• Mishawaka, IN to Senator Coats
• Mishawaka, IN to Senator Donnelly
• Monroe County, NY to Senator Gillibrand
• Monroe County, NY to Senator Schumer
• MWEA to Senators Stabenow and Peters
• NEWEA to Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership
• Niagara Falls, NY to Senator Gillibrand
• Niagara Falls, NY to Senator Schumer
• Northern Kentucky to Senator McConnell
• Northern Kentucky to Rep. Rogers
• NYWEA to Senator Gillibrand
• Oakland County, MI to Senator Peters
• Racine, WI to Senator Johnson
• Saginaw, MI to Senator Stabenow
• Warren, MI to Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership