EPA finalizes water rule that repeals Trump-era changes

Protections expand in waterways rule

The Biden administration imposed Friday a rule expanding the definition of waterways that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has authority to regulate, a move that reverses a Trump-era change and seeks to overcome nearly a decade of challenges to EPA powers, including a pending Supreme Court case.

EPA broadens protections for U.S. waterways, reversing Trump

The Biden administration on Friday imposed a rule expanding the definition of waterways that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has authority to regulate, a move that reverses a Trump-era change

EPA finalizes water rule that repeals Trump-era changes

ST. LOUIS — President Joe Biden’s administration 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…

EPA Finalizes Water Rule, Repealing Trump-Era Changes

ST. LOUIS - President Joe Biden's administration Friday finalized regulations that protect hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other

EPA finalizes water protections, repealing damaging Trump-era rules

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday finalized a more robust definition of “waters of the United States,” effectively overturning Trump-era rules meant to benefit polluters and property developers. The protections now in place are similar to Obama-era protections and, according to the EPA, “establishes a durable definition … that is grounded in the authority provided by Congress in the Clean Water Act, the best available science, …

EPA repeals Donald Trump-era changes that left waterways 'vulnerable'

ST. LOUIS — 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 rule defines which “waters of the United States” are protected by the Clean Water Act. For decades, the term has been a flashpoint between environm…