Trump administration to review WOTUS rule, seeks public input
March 24, 2025
The Trump administration has announced plans to prioritize clarifying which water bodies are covered under the Clean Water Act’s Waters of the U.S. rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers are seeking public input on two key aspects: defining "relatively permanent" waters and establishing what constitutes a "continuous surface connection" between wetlands and jurisdictional waters. The review comes after the 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v. EPA, which set new standards for WOTUS.
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