clean water act

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James recently announced a new definition for “waters of the United States.” With the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, the EPA and the Army delivered on President Donald Trump’s promise to finalize a revised definition for WOTUS that protects the nation’s navigable waters from pollution ... Read More »

In 2015, the Obama administration created a “waters of the U.S.” rule that was so broad and vague that almost any spot where rainwater flows or pools might be tagged as a federally protected body of water. With the stroke of a pen, farmers and ranchers across the heartland suddenly did not know if state or federal law applied to ... Read More »