Former Trump EPA Official Questions Court Order Striking Down Key Water Rule

Former Trump EPA Official Questions Court Order Striking Down Key Water Rule
In an aerial view, cattle gather around a pond on a ranch in Snelling, Calif., on May 26, 2021. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Nathan Worcester
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A former Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official and Senate Republicans have criticized a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Márquez for the District of Arizona, who remanded and vacated the Trump administration’s 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR) last month.

The NWPR had replaced the Obama administration’s 2015 Clean Water Rule for interpreting the “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the 1972 Clean Water Act.

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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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