Revoking WOTUS Could Drive ‘More Chaos And Confusion,’ Democrats Warn

House Democrats are warning that GOP lawmakers’ efforts to rescind the Biden administration’s new rule defining “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) could create “more chaos and confusion,” in part because it would bar EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers from writing a rule to revise and clarify existing tests the agencies currently use. During a Feb. 8 hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s water and environment subcommittee, Democrats detailed a series of problems that would be...