THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Sen. Flake Pleased With New Federal Regulatory Approach
Flake particularly praised Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt, who he said is taking a more realistic approach. He said he’s especially happy about the planned withdrawal of an EPA rule known as Waters of the United States or WOTUS regulating many more streams and wetlands. “We cannot have a situation where protecting America’s waterways involves regulating every dry ditch bed in Arizona,” Flake said. “And that’s about what the WOTUS rule would have done.”
