Water Nominee Says WOTUS Ambiguities Remain As EPA Weighs Rule

Jessica Kramer, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead EPA’s water office, told members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) that officials have yet to decide whether to conduct a full rulemaking process to revise the Biden-era “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule, while acknowledging that some ambiguities remain. Kramer, a former staffer on EPW, emphasized during her March 26 confirmation hearing that the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA was “prescriptive” around a number...