Tag: Waters of the United States rule

Regulatory measures to keep an eye on this year

Regulatory measures to keep an eye on this year

May 23, 2018 By

A target date was set for the Environmental Protection Agency to release a proposed rewrite of the 2015 Waters of the United States rule, but that’s not the only rule aggregate producers should be watching.

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Supreme Court makes decision on WOTUS challenges

January 26, 2018 By

According to the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, the court’s decision should be helpful in future Clean Water Act challenges as the Trump administration strives to rework the Waters of the United States rule.

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P&Q Roundtable attendees talk ramping down regulations

June 9, 2017 By

The Waters of the U.S. rule and other restrictions on aggregate producers drove discussions at this year’s Pit & Quarry roundtable.

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Trump seeks aggregate industry input for regulations

March 10, 2017 By

In one of President Trump’s orders, he asked the aggregate industry for which regulations to target, the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association reports.

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Trump orders EPA to reconsider WOTUS rule

March 1, 2017 By

President Donald Trump is expected to order the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review and reconsider the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.

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Congressional bills include WOTUS block

June 21, 2016 By

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would block the implementation of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.

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President Obama vetoes Congress WOTUS disapproval

January 21, 2016 By

President Barack Obama vetoed a bipartisan congressional resolution, S.J.Res 22, that formally denounced the Waters of the United […]

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Bipartisan House vote disapproves EPA’s waters rule

January 14, 2016 By

The U.S. House of Representatives denounced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the United States (WOTUS) […]

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13 states temporarily shielded from waters rule

August 28, 2015 By

A federal district court judge granted a preliminary injunction that blocked the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule […]

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