WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order instructing the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers to review a rule that redefined "waters of the United States" protected under the Clean Water Act to include smaller creeks and wetlands.
The order asks the heads of the agencies to publish a proposed rule rescinding or revising the waters rule for notice and comment.
At a Feb. 28 White House signing ceremony, the president called the rule, which has never been implemented because of a series of lawsuits, "one of the worst examples of federal regulation" that he said. . .
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