Source:Dan Keppen, FARM PROGRESS, 1/23/19


The government shutdown this year has caused numerous complications at federal agencies with responsibilities in the Western U.S. Work on nonemergency regulations stopped in departments and agencies without funding. The government shutdown created new obstacles for agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, which has been working on rolling back the Obama-era Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers postponed a January public hearing on the proposed new “Waters of the U.S.” definition until after appropriations have passed to fund the EPA. Publication of the proposed rule in the Federal Register was also postponed. 

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