Wheeler says EPA’s new water rule gives clarity

Wheeler says EPA’s new water rule gives clarity

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has announced a new rule under the Clean Water Act to replace the Waters of the U.S. Rule, WOTUS, “The Navigable Waters Protection Rule will establish national

consistency and provide greater certainty to states and landowners.”

Wheeler told attendees at the National Association of Home

Builders conference (Thursday) that the new rule is much more clear, “Our new rule

significantly curtails the all too familiar practice of having to hire teams of

attorneys to tell people how to use their own land.”

Assistant Secretary J.D.

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