Energy and Environment

Trump administration eliminates Obama clean water rule

By Abby Smith
Published September 12, 2019 6:36pm ET
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Trump administration eliminates Obama clean water rule
This June 7, 2018 photo shows a settling pond, which collects water and allows nutrients to settle, at the Panther Island Mitigation Bank near Naples, Fla. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency repealed Obama-era regulation determining the number of waterways protected under the Clean Water Act. | (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

The Trump administration has formally repealed an Obama administration rule defining what water bodies are covered under federal protections.

The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineer regulation delivers on a “key promise of the president,” Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said at a Thursday event at the National Association of Manufacturers headquarters in downtown Washington.

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