September 13, 2019

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Aruba Civil Aviation Authority

September 13, 2019 T: 582-7800 | F: 582-7044 www.arubatoday.com

Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper

Trump administration drops Obama-era water protection rule By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked an Obama-era regulation that shielded many U.S. wetlands and streams from pollution but was opposed by developers and farmers who said it hurt economic development and infringed on property rights. Environmental groups criticized the administration’s action, the latest in a series of moves to roll back environmental protections put into place under President Barack Obama. The 2015 Waters of the United States rule defined the waterways subject to federal regulation. Continued on Page 2

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MURKY WATERS

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, right, signs a document in front of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James to revoke the Waters of the United States rule, an Obama-era regulation that provided federal protection to many U.S. wetlands and streams, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Washington. Associated Press


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