The Environmental Protection Agency is drafting a new WOTUS rule following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, but the Waters Advocacy Coalition fears the new rule won’t bring needed clarity and certainty.
Courtney Briggs says the coalition is also concerned about what EPA will do with a rapid timeline and no public hearing. “They are bypassing stakeholder engagement and comments in order to get this rulemaking finished rather quickly, and the concern there is that they’re going to go through and just delete the very bare minimum.”
And Briggs says a partial change to the existing rule won’t be enough.
