Source: Jacqui Fatka, FEEDSTUFFS, 8/2/19


In late 2018, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule to replace the Obama Administration’s 2015 WOTUS rule. Two Republican senators have introduced Define WOTUS Act that would codify a definition of “Waters of the United States” and reassert Congressional responsibility to define this important term. “The Obama-era WOTUS rule threatened Iowa’s farmers, manufacturers, and small businesses by giving the federal government authority to regulate water on 97% of land in our state,” said Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa)...

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