President Trump’s administration is announcing plans to undo an Obama-era policy that had expanded federal oversight of the country’s waterways and wetlands, correcting what it sees as federal overreach
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s administration is announcing plans to undo an Obama-era policy that expanded federal oversight of the country’s waterways, while leaving further changes to clean-water rules up to a later overhaul.
The decision, expected to be announced by the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday afternoon, is the latest lurch toward new clean-water regulations after almost two decades of uncertainty about federal authority over the country’s bays, rivers and streams, especially smaller seasonal tributaries...
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