Bay advocates concerned about loosening of rules

The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a rule that would remove small streams, isolated wetlands and other waterways from the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority, a move proponents said simplifies a complex Obama-era rule but that environmental advocates said could threaten Chesapeake Bay cleanup. The policy proposed under President Barack Obama in 2015 has never been implemented because of legal challenges across the country that accused the administration of federal overreach. It would have dramatically increased regulation of bodies of water to include those that may only exist for part of the year or are far from tidal systems — waterways that environmentalists say can nonetheless feed pollution into larger ecosystems, such as the Chesapeake. The rule change is not expected to mean much for waters, farms and development projects within Maryland, because state laws and regulations already trigger extensive reviews to prevent pollution from nutrients and sediment from increasing in the bay. ing mission April 17, 2017. The lawsuit blames a major tail rotor malfunction. The three-member crew was stationed at Fort Belvoir, Va. ASikorsky spokesman declined to comment. Connecticutbased Sikorsky is a division of Maryland-based Lockheed Martin.

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