Members of the construction and coal mining industries on Wednesday urged the EPA to clearly redefine federally protected waters to avoid confusion over permitting and prevent their businesses from being too heavily regulated.
Industry representatives’ comments came at the Environmental Protection Agency’s listening session in Charleston, W.Va., to hear public input about its planned revision of the Biden administration’s definition of “waters of the US,” or WOTUS. The revision is necessary to comply with the US Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Sackett v. EPA, which lifted Clean Water Act jurisdiction ...