At FY22 Hearing, Regan Vows Stakeholder Input For New WOTUS Policy

EPA Administrator Michael Regan told a House hearing on the agency’s fiscal year 2022 budget request that he is committed to convening talks with agricultural and environmental groups on crafting a new balanced Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction policy after years of legal battles over competing Obama and Trump-era definitions. During the April 21 House Appropriations Committee interior panel hearing, Reagan also discussed other agency efforts while suggesting a likely need for increased funding to tackle major environmental problems. For...