EPA Poised To Issue Final Rule Codifying Interim WOTUS Definition

EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are poised to finalize a new, interim definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) after the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completed interagency review of the rule on Nov. 30, setting the stage for a new phase in the decades-long clash over the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA). As proposed, the agencies’ joint rule would reestablish a WOTUS standard in line with the collection of Corps and...