New Navigable Waters Protection Rule Aims To Identify Federally Regulated Waterways

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There will be a clear way to know if the waters in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia are regulated by the state or the federal government.
A new rule is being introduced to define and clarify bodies of water that are federally regulated and those that are managed by the states.
It’s called the Navigable Waters Protection rule.
Environmental Protection Agency officials and national leaders say there was confusion in a portion of the Clean Water Act.
Part of that