Farmers have worried this past year that increased federal jurisdiction of navigable waters would go too far. The Environmental Protection Agency says a recent ruling on what navigable waters it ...

All that is required is that any amount of biological material or chemicals — sand, dirt, and dust included — however minuscule, fall or be placed into a jurisdictional water. This prohibition ...

Wetlands that are adjacent to jurisdictional waters Lane says the EPA’s WOTUS “patchwork” in words like “certain lakes and ponds” has carved-out room for discretion. He says this ...