The Obama administration’s new definition of the “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) regulated by the Clean Water Act will be formally published June 29 and will take effect Aug. 28. The administration publicly released the final WOTUS rule in May but waited until Friday, after Congress broke for the July 4 recess, to provide notice that the rule would be published in the Federal Register on Monday. The rule, which is expected to be challenged in court, takes effect 60 days after that. The rule, which was developed in response to a pair of Supreme Court rulings, re-defines what ditches, wetlands, streams and other features are subject to federal regulation under the anti-pollution law. Read more at Agri-Pulse…
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