EPW Hearing Shows Procedural Pitfalls For Trump's CWA Jurisdiction Rule

April 26, 2017
Democratic senators and the Obama EPA's former top water official at an April 26 environment panel hearing said the Trump administration faces significant procedural pitfalls in crafting a rule to replace the Obama-era Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule, including legal hurdles and a need to conduct extensive new research for it. Speaking at the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee (EPW) hearing on scientific and legal basis for the Obama-era CWA regulation, Democrats and their witnesses said there is...


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