Biden EPA Might Be Unable To Find ‘Middle Ground’ On WOTUS Policy

Despite recent pledges from EPA Administrator Michael Regan that the agency plans to seek stakeholder input in crafting a balanced definition of waters of the United States (WOTUS), former agency water officials say it will be nearly impossible to craft a “middle ground” policy due to the entrenched positions of key stakeholders. “I’m not sure there is a middle ground,” Ken Kopocis, who was the de facto EPA water chief at the end of the Obama administration and is...