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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts) Fri Dec 7, 2018, 04:09 PM Dec 2018

EPA to propose easing Obama water rule

The Trump administration is poised to ease an Obama-era water rule, shrinking the number of waterways that are protected from industry pollutants.

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose changing the definition of “Waters of the U.S.” to erase federal protections on some waters. The change would cover wetlands not connected to larger waterways or riverbeds that only flow after rainfall, according to an EPA outline obtained by E&E News.

The Trump administration has long sought to weaken the burdens placed on industry under the Waters of the U.S. rule, known as WOTUS and established under former President Obama in 2015. The rule defines which bodies of water are subject to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

The Clean Water Act was first established in the 1970s to give the federal government authority to regulate pollution discharges into waterways.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/420308-epa-to-re-write-definition-to-shrink-pollution-protections-on

If these Trumpers like dirty water so much they're welcome to drink from my septic tank.

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EPA to propose easing Obama water rule (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 OP

and this is why we have poison lettuce CatWoman Dec 2018 #1

With trump and the gop in control of the EPA duforsure Dec 2018 #2

Hey, no one wants clean water when they can have industrial sludge. nt NCjack Dec 2018 #3

hope the new House drags them over hot coals Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #4

Dunkard Creek is just beginning to recover from spill in 2009, where I grew up. yortsed snacilbuper Dec 2018 #5

CatWoman

(79,302 posts)

1. and this is why we have poison lettuce

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Fri Dec 7, 2018, 04:10 PM

Dec 2018

duforsure

(11,885 posts)

2. With trump and the gop in control of the EPA

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Fri Dec 7, 2018, 04:18 PM

Dec 2018

This country's headed for another Flint MI. only on a national scale with our water , air, food, and anything else they can damage our lives with to save a buck for themselves with.