Senate Republicans Press EPA for Legal Basis for WOTUS Rule

This week, 11 Senate Republicans sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy asking EPA to provide a legal explanation for the Waters of the U.S. rule.  

The letter states that the EPA has not responded to a request from the Environment and Public Works Committee regarding a legal opinion explaining EPA’s legal rationale for the rule to revise the regulatory definition of the term Waters of the U.S.  The letter asks for EPA to respond to this request within 30 days.