DEMOCRATS NEAR DEAL ON WATER ACT BILL BY DROPPING BID FOR EXEMPTIONS

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Senate environment committee Democrats are close to agreement on a bill to define the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA) after moderate Democrats on the panel dropped their push to include exemptions in the legislation for pesticide spraying and hunting activities from CWA jurisdiction.rnWhile Democrats are wrapping up a deal among their members on the environment committee, their latest legislative proposal-which does not include the exemptions-has prompted one key Republican to drop his support and the votes of two other moderate panel members remain in play as industry critics prepare to ramp up their lobbying in opposition to the legislation, sources say.