What to Know About the New Conforming WOTUS Rule: A County Engineer’s Perspective
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On September 8, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) published a rule to revise their January 2023 definition of Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) to conform with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA. This ‘conforming’ rule revises the January 2023 definition of WOTUS by eliminating references to the “significant nexus” test, amending the definition of “adjacent,” and removing interstate wetlands from the definition of WOTUS, in addition to making other changes.
Join this webinar to hear from the National Association of County Engineers on the potential impacts of the new conforming WOTUS rule.
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