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Jun 12, 2014
The draft FY2015 Energy & Water Appropriations bill marked up by a House Subcommittee this week includes provisions that would prohibit changes to Federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. If enacted, this would block the EPA’s recently proposed Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule. The spending bill bars EPA from developing or implementing any changes to the Clean Water Act’s jurisdiction. In April, EPA published a proposed rule revising the WOTUS definition while separately releasing an interpretive rule that lists 56 agricultural practices that would be exempt from Section 404 permitting requirements. ASA is currently developing comments to submit on the WOTUS Proposed Rule.
