EPA releases amended WOTUS rule - Brownfield Ag News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : EPA will hold an informational webinar about the amended rule on September 12.
56% : The Environmental Protection Agency has amended the Waters of the U.S. Rule.
51% : In a statement, he said, "EPA had a golden opportunity to write a Waters of the U.S. Rule that's fair to farmers and stands the test of time, but instead chose to continue government overreach and revise only a small slice of the rule that was rejected by the Supreme Court...
49% : In a news release, CEO Ted McKinney said, "The ruling in Sackett v. EPA was a chance for EPA and the Army Corps to correct a deeply flawed, prematurely released rule and work to truly improve water quality outcomes.
42% : It is baffling that the revised rule does not accurately address all the issues and questions raised by the Supreme Court in the Sackett decision, nor does it address many of the questions stakeholder groups raised about the WOTUS rule EPA released at the end of last year."

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