States Scramble to Respond to Navigable Waters Protection Rule
Ohio Environmental Law
OCTOBER 3, 2020
The Trump Administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR) went into effect on June 21, 2020. The NWPR greatly reduces federal jurisdiction over both streams and wetlands. Most significantly has been the impact to ephemeral streams (i.e. streams that have water only when it rains or there is snow fall). However, even intermittent streams have less protection.
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