Energy and Environment

Congress must rein in rogue EPA

By Washington Examiner
Published December 18, 2015 5:01am ET
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Congress must rein in rogue EPA
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy testified before a joint committees hearing on the Gold King mine spill. The Interior Department is blaming the EPA for a 3-million gallon spill of toxic sludge that sullied the waterways of three states. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) | Lauren Victoria Burke

Gina McCarthy, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, proudly announced this year that 90 percent of the nearly 1 million comments on the agency’s new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule were in favor.

“The input helped us understand the genuine concerns and interests of a wide range of stakeholders and think through options to address them,” McCarthy wrote at the time.

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