The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed narrowing the definition of bodies of water subject to federal oversight , giving developers and businesses an advantage in a regulatory battle with environmentalists that has stretched beyond half a century.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on Monday that the agency has proposed a rule revising the definition of “Waters of the United States” under the 1972 Clean Water Act . The agency worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which regulates bodies of water, to write a rule that complies with the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Sackett v. EPA , which narrowed the scope of bodies of water subject to federal oversight.

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