WOTUS

Environment

Trump Administration Rolls Back 2015 Clean Water Rule

Action repeals Obama-era WOTUS regs that determined Clean Water Act permitting requirements

Pam Hunter McFarland

Pam Radtke Russell

September 12, 2019

One Comment

Industry, business and agricultural groups cheered the announcement, but Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen called the repeal of the 2015 rule “shameful and dangerous. No one is above the law, including the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers.

Environmental Regulation

Proposed 'Waters' Definition Rule Scales Back Federal Oversight

Pam Radtke Russell

December 16, 2018

No Comments

It will take more than a year to finalize a rewrite of the controversial WOTUS, which then faces dozens of lawsuits.

Trump Administration Issues Proposed 'Waters of the U.S.' Rule

Regulation would replace Obama-era WOTUS rule

Pam Radtke Russell

December 11, 2018

2 Comments

The revised rule, according to the EPA, provides simple and clear definitions of which waters are regulated.

Environmental Regulation

Judge Strikes Down Trump Suspension of Clean Water Rule

After decision, 2015 regulation to go into effect in 26 states

Pam Radtke Russell

August 17, 2018

No Comments

The court action is the latest in a confusing maze around the controversial Obama-era WOTUS rule.

EPA Chiefs Shift, But Not Agency Rule-Cutting

Mary B. Powers

July 11, 2018

No Comments

Observers see interim administrator Andrew Wheeler (left) staying the deregulation course of his ousted predecessor Scott Pruitt.

Environmental Protection

EPA, Corps Delay Clean Water Rule for Two Years

Pam Radtke Russell

January 31, 2018

No Comments

Trump administration move will give agencies time to finalize a less-strict replacement Waters of the U.S. rule.

Environment

Pruitt Pushes Infrastructure Solution for Lead Water Lines

Democrats say EPA administrator has hurt the environment

Pam Radtke Russell

January 30, 2018

No Comments

Views of EPA administrator split along party lines, except on Superfund.

Environmental Regulation

Supreme Court Ruling Could Boost Confusion on Waters Protection

Pam Radtke Russell

January 22, 2018

No Comments

A unanimous High-Court decision on the Obama-era WOTUS rule could reverse a Trump Administration sought stay.

Federal Court Rejects Request To Consider WOTUS Case

Pam Hunter McFarland

August 24, 2016

No Comments

A three-judge panel from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a bid by several states, led by Georgia, to have their challenge to the Obama administration’s June 2015 Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule heard by the court.