"Critics of the Environmental Protection Agency's water jurisdiction rule are spreading misinformation, the agency's chief said Monday.

McCarthy said the rule was proposed in March to clarify Clean Water Act protections for 60 percent of the nation’s streams and wetlands, since two court decisions made it unclear.

'As with everything EPA does these days, there is some misinformation out there, confusing what our plan is all about,' McCarthy said at a conference of water quality officials in New Orleans."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill September 29, 2014. [2]