Trump touts rollback of 'ridiculous' CWA jurisdiction rule

January 15, 2019
President Donald Trump is touting EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers' planned rollback of the Obama-era Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule that had sought to broadly define Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction, saying it had a “beautiful” title but was otherwise a “disaster” for farmers and developers. “We're saving farmers and ranchers from one of the most ridiculous regulations ever imposed on anybody in our nation: the Waters of the United States rule. Disaster -- other than...


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