"Green Group: Voters Like EPA Water Rule"

"The public likes the Obama administration's proposed water rule, according to a new poll from the League of Conservation Voters (LCV).

Eighty percent of the 800 registered voters LCV surveyed earlier this month said they support the Environmental Protection Agency’s "waters of the United States" rule, which would let the EPA redefine which streams, ponds, wetlands and other waterways are under its regulatory jurisdiction.

According to the group’s poll, majorities of voters in both parties support the proposed rule, the final version of which could come this year. The group’s pollster said the proposal, which LCV calls the “clean water rule,” has the support of nearly 70 percent of voters in rural areas."

Devin Henry reports for The Hill May 18, 2015.

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