EPA Issues Clean Water Rule That Repeals Trump Administration Changes
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The EPA has issued a rule that defines which types of waterways in the U.S. will receive federal water quality protections under the 1972 Clean Water Act.
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President Joe Biden's administration on Friday finalized regulations that protect hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts had thrown out and that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.
The EPA has issued a rule that defines which types of waterways in the U.S. will receive federal water quality protections under the 1972 Clean Water Act.
The Biden administration finalized regulations that protect small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.
The EPA on Friday finalized regulations to protect hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands, and other waterways. The protections are in response to a Trump-era rule that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.
