THE QUINCY VALLEY POST-REGISTER: Column: Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA): Trump right to reverse federal overreach
I supported the Trump administration’s recent announcement to delay the implementation of WOTUS for two years as federal agencies go back to the drawing board on defining navigable waterways to give private property owners clarity and peace of mind. In defining the scope of the Clean Water Act, the Trump administration has been guided by the legal opinion of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who sought a restricted definition of navigable waterways. Justice Scalia argued that the Clean Water Rule should be applied more narrowly to “relatively permanent” waters and wetlands with a “continuous surface connection” to large rivers and streams.
