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The Biden administration finalized regulations that protect small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.
Federal courts had thrown out Trump-era rule governing Clean Water Act lifting regulations imposed by Obama administration
Washington, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) The United States Government today issued new federal protection regulations for the country's wetlands and waterways.
Federal courts had thrown out the Trump-era policy that left hundreds of thousands of small streams and other waterways vulnerable to pollution.
The EPA has issued a rule that defines which types of waterways in the U.S. will receive federal water quality protections under the 1972 Clean Water Act.