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FIRST ON FOX : EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will announce Monday a revamp of the widely criticized Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule — a regulation that, in one case, left an Idaho couple facing potential fines of $33,000 per day for building a home on "soggy" ground.

WOTUS was drafted during the Nixon administration under the Clean Water Act to regulate and protect wetlands, more broadly define "navigable waters" and protect public health, before the Obama and Biden administrations extended its reach to where landowners feared the EPA could swoop in at any moment and usurp control of their lands.

"When it comes to the definition of ‘waters of the United States,’ EPA has an important responsibility to protect water r

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