Posted on 07/26/2017 2:06:58 PM PDT by jazusamo
Federal Register proposal comes days after Trump administration moves to repeal of federal fracking rule
The Trump administration formally acted Wednesday to repeal the 2015 Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, dealing another blow to the Obama-era environmental regulatory regime.
The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army announced that the proposed WOTUS withdrawal would be published Thursday in the Federal Register, launching the 30-day comment period.
In addition to rescinding the 2015 Clean Water Rule, the agencies said they will also reevaluate the definition of “waters of the United States,” in keeping with President Trump‘s Feb. 28 executive order.
“We are taking significant action to return power to the states and provide regulatory certainty to our nation’s farmers and businesses,” said EPA administrator Scott Pruitt in a statement. “This is the first step in the two-step process to redefine ‘waters of the U.S.’ and we are committed to moving through this re-evaluation to quickly provide regulatory certainty, in a way that is thoughtful, transparent and collaborative with other agencies and the public.”
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MAGA!
Keep the govt mitts outta my downspouts.
Perverted, they are.
Yes! Then have ATF rescind 41F!
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I did too sent it to the whole Family, Thank you
Excellent....Now go back to the Wetlands act and taper that down and start paying folks for not being able to use their land.
I thought it was gone already.
“Waters of the U.S.” should apply only to those areas that are
maintained for commercial navigation by the Corps of Engineers.
Everything else should be in the province of the States.
Looks like a stay was put on it and this is the start of the official tubing of it.
Bump!
in the mean time, the russians ...
Thought this was done already.
Did this waters of the united states effectively turn control of our navigable rivers to the UN?
Iirc, there was a push from the left several years ago to make this transfer??
Can’t know if barrack hussein al obammy accomplished with this???
Hope trump can untwist it
“Thought this was done already.”
I think some judge said - “not so fast...”
Oh Happy Day! This is badly needed.
I am getting sick of winning. All this winning is boring. Win win win win win. That is all Trump ever does. How droll. Can’t we lose for a change. Nope? Oh well, I guess I will just have to get used to this continuous, winning, winning, winning, winning, winning.
How I suffer so...
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