The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now accepting comments on a proposed rule designed to keep U.S. waterways clean while also clearing up prior water rule confusion. “The 2015 Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule created unnecessary regulatory burdens for landowners,” Shannon Worrell, Mason County Farm Bureau president, said. “Under that rule, it was difficult to know if you needed a special federal permit to do normal things like put up a fence or plow a field.” The proposed ...