Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and representatives from 29 other states urging the EPA to extend the effective date of the planned Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, which is currently set to go into effect August 28, 2015. The rule revises the regulatory definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.
The letter, sent to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Assistant Secretary of the Army Jo Ellen Darcy, requests that the EPA immediately act to extend the effective date of the WOTUS rule by at least nine months.
More details: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/files/2015/07-29-15_Letter_to_EPA_and_Corps.pdf?cachebuster:22.