{"id":276,"date":"2017-03-06T08:54:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T16:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/?p=276"},"modified":"2019-01-29T10:42:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T18:42:24","slug":"epa-army-review-clean-water-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/2017\/03\/06\/epa-army-review-clean-water-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA and the Dept. of the Army Announce Intention to Review the Clean Water Rule and Rescind or Revise It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As announced in the Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 42 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/FR-2017-03-06\/pdf\/2017-04312.pdf\">https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/FR-2017-03-06\/pdf\/2017-04312.pdf<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Through new rulemaking, the EPA and the Army seek to provide greater clarity and regulatory certainty concerning the definition of &#8220;waters of the United States,&#8221; consistent with the principles outlined in the [recent] Executive Order and the agencies&#8217; legal authority.<\/p>\n<p>Agencies have inherent authority to reconsider past decisions and to revise, replace or repeal a decision to the extent permitted by law and supported by a reasoned explanation. Importantly, such a revised decision need not be based upon a change of facts or circumstances. A revised rulemaking based &#8220;on a reevaluation of which policy would be better in light of the facts&#8221; is &#8220;well within an agency\u2019s discretion,&#8221; and &#8220;[a] change in administration brought about by the people casting their votes is a perfectly reasonable basis for an executive agency&#8217;s reappraisal of the costs and benefits of its programs and regulations.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As announced in the Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 42 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/FR-2017-03-06\/pdf\/2017-04312.pdf\">https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/FR-2017-03-06\/pdf\/2017-04312.pdf<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Through new rulemaking, the EPA and the Army seek to provide greater clarity and regulatory certainty concerning the definition of &#8220;waters of the United States,&#8221; consistent with the principles outlined in the [recent] Executive Order and the agencies&#8217; legal authority.<\/p>\n<p>Agencies have inherent authority to reconsider past decisions and to revise, replace or repeal a decision to the extent permitted by law and supported by a reasoned explanation. Importantly, such a revised decision need not be based upon a change of facts or circumstances. A revised rulemaking based &#8220;on a reevaluation of which &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/2017\/03\/06\/epa-army-review-clean-water-rule\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-default\">&raquo; More &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":8023,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":[]},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8023"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wsprs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}