Source: Dan Flynn FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 9/14/21


Both because it wants to and because a federal court wants it done, the EPA will be working on a new Navigable Waters Protection Rule. Such work has gone on now for almost 50 years. The Clean Water Act of 1972 says adding pollutants or dredge or fill material into a “water of the United States (WOTUS)” is unlawful without a permit. It was not until June 22, 2020, that the Trump EPA managed to enact a federal definition of a WOTUS rule that addressed the alleged overreach of the Obama era. Rain captured in tractor tire tracks would no longer be called “navigable waters.”

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