The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers released a proposal on Tuesday to repeal the 2015 Clean Water Rule, the latest move by the Trump administration to unwind environmental regulations put in place under former President Barack Obama.
The agencies are working to rescind the rule, known as the Waters of the United States rule, and reinstate the language of the rule before it was changed in 2015.
The rule updated the federal Clean Water Act to define what waterways – including streams, rivers and other bodies – can be regulated by the federal government, stirring anger by the agriculture and energy industries, which said it gave regulators too much authority.
"We are taking significant action to return power to the states and provide regulatory certainty to our nation's farmers and businesses," said Scott Pruitt, EPA administrator.
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