In a story Dec. 18 about an EPA water regulation rollback, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote to Environmental Protection Agency acting administrator Andrew Wheeler.
It should have been attributed to American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall.
A corrected version of the story is below: Farmers urged to support Trump rollback of water rules The Trump administration is calling on farmers to throw their support behind a proposal to withdraw federal protections for many of the country’s waterways and wetlands $20 for 365 Days of Unlimited Digital Access Last chance to take advantage of our best offer of the year!
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"When Obama-EPA put forward these definitions, they claimed it was in the interest of water quality.
"We are here today to tell you that we’re putting an end of that power grab."
Environmental groups have warned the proposed overhaul will be a grave assault on the aims of the 1972 Clean Water Act, the foundational U.S. water protection law.
The Trump administration would remove federal protections for wetlands nationally unless they are connected to another federally protected waterway.
The Clean Water Act bans polluting any "water of the United States" without a permit.
Others counter the protections are an obstacle to farmers and businesspeople — adding that the current state of regulations has caused confusion for land owners, particularly when it came to permit requirements for protecting those federally protected waterways.