Environmental Protection Agency and United States Army Corps of Engineers announced their finalization of the agencies’ redefinition of the Clean Water Act’s waters of the United States phrase, or WOTUS, key phrase in Clean Water Act that determines jurisdictional reach.
Definitions and evolving policy regarding the regulation of bodies of water by the federal government have drawn criticism from Oklahomans involved in farming and ranching.
Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas of Cheyenne (OK-03) lit into the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers after the two agencies in the Biden administration.
On December 30, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers announced their finalization of the agencies’ redefinition of the Clean Water.