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Trump’s EPA rolls back Obama-era ‘puddle’ rule

By John Siciliano
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Trump’s EPA rolls back Obama-era ‘puddle’ rule

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday put new limits on an Obama-era rule that subjected watering holes and ditches to federal clean water regulations by treating them like rivers and streams.

The EPA’s definition makes some key changes to the 2015 Waters of the U.S. rule, but does keep a fair amount of the original rule intact.

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