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WOTUS Update, “EPA Revises Clean-Water Protections”

January 1, 2023

Washington Post writer Scott Dance reported in Saturday's paper that, "The Biden administration on Friday imposed a rule expanding the definition of waterways that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has…

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EPA Seeks to Re-establish Pre-2015 Definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS)

November 19, 2021

DTN writer Todd Neeley reported this week that, "The Navigable Waters Protection Rule would be repealed and replaced with pre-2015 definitions of waters of the U.S. in a proposal released…

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Biden Administration Seeks to Rewrite Trump Clean Water Rule

June 10, 2021

Washington Post writer Dino Grandoni reported this week that, "The Biden administration is set to toss out President Donald Trump’s efforts to scale back the number of streams, marshes and…

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EPA Offers Clarity to Farmers in Light of Dicamba Court Ruling

June 9, 2020

Late last week, Wall Street Journal writer Jesse Newman reported that, "Bayer AG was dealt a setback in its efforts to provide farmers with new weapons against hard-to-kill weeds, after…

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The Navigable Waters Protection Rule – A New Definition of WOTUS

January 23, 2020

A news release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday stated that, "Today, at an event at the National Association of Home Builders International Builders’ Show in Las…

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Trump Administration Rolls Back “Waters of the U.S.” Rule

September 19, 2019

Last week, New York Times writers Lisa Friedman and Coral Davenport reported that, "The Trump administration on [September 12] announced the repeal of a major Obama-era clean water regulation that…

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New Waters of the U.S. Rule From EPA

January 2, 2019

Last month, on the same day that the Senate passed the Farm Bill Conference Report, and a day before the House took similar action, the Trump Administration released a new proposed…

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EPA: Recent Perspectives on RFS and Agriculture

December 3, 2017

Recall that in December of 2016, agricultural policy observers expressed some measure of unease with President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oklahoma Attorney General Scott…

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EPA Moves to Rescind “Waters of the U.S.” Rule

June 28, 2017

Coral Davenport reported yesterday at The New York Times Online that, "The Trump administration on Tuesday took a major legal step toward repealing a bitterly contested Obama-era regulation designed to…

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Clean Water Act: Des Moines Water Works Lawsuit Revisited

March 28, 2017

Recall that back in January, a FarmPolicyNews update discussed an important legal case in Iowa that challenged the general exemption for agricultural storm water discharges under the Clean Water Act,…

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Waters of the U.S. Rule: Trump Executive Order

March 3, 2017

Evan Halper reported in Wednesday's Los Angeles Times that, "President Trump stepped up his attack on federal environmental protections Tuesday, issuing an order directing his administration to begin the long…

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Water Quality– Iowa Case Resolves One Issue, Clean Water Act Permitting Issue Remains Open

January 29, 2017

Nutrient-impacted water runoff from farm fields can have environmental consequences. A case filed by Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) involving financial damages from treatment of this water recently made its…

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Trump Nominates Scott Pruitt to Head EPA

December 9, 2016

On December 8th, Washington Post writers Chris Mooney, Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson reported that, "President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of the oil and…

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