The EPA reportedly plans to reduce the number of federally protected waterways when it releases a revised Waters of the U.S. rule later this week.
Media outlet E&E News says it obtained talking points from the agency that propose a new definition of WOTUS that would erase federal protections from streams that flow only following rainfall, as well as wetlands not physically connected to larger waterways.
Speaking to Brownfield at the Minnesota Cattle Industry Convention in Alexandria Friday, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association president-elect Jennifer Houston says she expects an announcement soon.
Continue reading WOTUS announcement expected this week at Brownfield Ag News.
