EPA inks new WOTUS rule
Politico | 1/24/2020
Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Thursday announced the long-anticipated replacement of the Obama-era WOTUS rule, touting the effort during an address to the National Association of Home Builders in Las Vegas. The group for decades has fought
to restrict the reach of federal water protections alongside industries like agriculture, mining, oil and gas.
The final rule removes millions of miles of streams and roughly half the country’s wetlands from protection under the Clean Water Act, which requires industries to obtain permits to discharge pollution or fill in wetlands and imposes fines for oil spills. It’s the largest rollback since the modern law was passed in 1972, going much farther than simply stripping out what the Obama administration
attempted.
Environmental groups and Democratic states have already said they'll sue over the new rule, as did the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation, which has called the new rule not narrow enough. If the challenges make it to the Supreme Court, the Trump administration is banking on being able to win the backing of five justices with its novel interpretation of the limits of federal power under the water law. Legal experts say it's a
gamble, and could result in a lasting win for the administration and its industry allies — or a spectacular loss
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