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Science, Policy Questions Pose Major Hurdles For CWA Jurisdiction Rule

November 16, 2017
Clarification Appended Scientific and policy questions are posing major lingering hurdles for state regulators, utilities, industry groups and others as they aim to craft recommendations for how EPA should develop a Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule to replace the Obama-era jurisdiction regulation that critics say failed to resolve many of those questions. Stakeholder groups are working either alone or with others to determine their position on how the agency and the Army Corps of Engineers should...


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