Court Overturns US Water Rule
August 28, 2019
A federal court has rejected an Obama-era regulatory definition of “Waters of the United States”—the so-called WOTUS Rule—in a move favored by the Trump administration and expected to have far-reaching implications for landowners and project developers. In Issues, a longtime environmental analyst recently examined how the rule fits into the larger picture of wetlands protection, concluding that the nation now needs a “focused, omnibus package of wetland management and protection legislation” and offering ideas for what such a package should include.