Biden WOTUS proposal published

December 7, 2021
EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers have published in the Federal Register their proposed definition of waters of the United States (WOTUS), kicking off a public comment period that will revive long-running battles over the agencies’ regulatory reach under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Biden administration’s proposed interim WOTUS definition, issued after a federal district court judge vacated the Trump-era rule defining the CWA’s scope, aims to provide “stable implementation” of the law while EPA and the...


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