States Split On WOTUS But Agree On Need For EPA To Preserve Flexibilities

State officials are at odds on how the Trump administration should revise the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) given the geographic and policy diversity, but they agree that EPA and the Army Corps of Engineer’s upcoming rule should provide flexibility to allow states to regulate waters and wetlands that may lose federal protections. “Rule number one is for the federal government not to get into the way of or complicate efforts on behalf of the state environmental...