EPA to host hearings on WOTUS rewrite

WASHINGTON, DC, AUG 25, 2017 -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning 10 public hearings to gather input on its effort to write a new version of WOTUS, the "waters of the United States" regulation, The Hill reports.

The teleconference meetings will run throughout the fall, the EPA said in a Federal Register notice released today.

The meetings are designed to gather information before the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers writes new regulations defining “waters of the United States,” which would limit federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. In July, the agencies formally proposed a repeal of the Obama administration rule, citing the vague a broad terms used in the act.

Of the teleconference sessions, nine will focus on specific interests and one will be open to the general public.

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