EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt signed Jan. 31 a rule to block an Obama-era regulation defining the scope of the nation’s water quality law after it flew through White House review.
Pruitt first announced his intent to quickly approve the delay during a meeting of state agricultural officials in Washington earlier in the day.
“I am actually signing that today,” Pruitt said.
The White House Jan. 30 completed its review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule to postpone until 2020 the regulation, known as the Clean Water Rule or Waters of the U.S., after just five days of scrutiny.
“We ...
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