"Senate Committee Passes Bill That Overturns EPA Clean Water Rule"

"WASHINGTON – A bill that would effectively overturn a new Environmental Protection Agency clean water rule won a critical committee vote Wednesday and now appears headed for a decision by the full U.S. Senate.

The clean water rule was EPA’s attempt to re-establish jurisdiction over some remote streams, ditches and wetlands that could be sources of pollution to the nation’s rivers and lakes.

A 2006 Supreme Court decision set the stage for the new rule by requiring the EPA to prove significant connections between potential sources of pollution and major waterways in order to regulate them."

Jim Spencer reports for the Minneapolis Star Tribune June 10, 2015.

SEE ALSO:

"Senate Panel OKs Bill To Kill Obama Rule After Fierce Partisan Clashes" (Greenwire)

"House Panel Approves Bill Cutting EPA Funding" (The Hill)