The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association [NSSGA] joined the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, the National Mining Association and others in filing a complaint in a U.S. district court over the new waters of the U.S. [WOTUS] rule. The Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] and the Army Corps of Engineers finalized a rule near the end of 2022 that establishes yet another definition of a WOTUS. EPA says the new rule restores essential water protections that were in place prior to 2015 under the Clean Water Act [CWA] for traditional navigable waters, territorial seas, interstate waters and upstream water resources that significantly affect those waters.
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