Trump’s EPA and Army repealed the Obama Clean Water Rule

Date: 2019-10-22
Entry type: administrative-rule
Current status: Historical action documented; superseding policy is outside this entry’s scope.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Entities and roles

2019 Waters of the United States repeal ruledocumented action or event
Donald J. Trumppresident responsible for the cited action

Claims and evidence

factdocumented
On 2019-10-22, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency and Army published a final rule repealing the 2015 definition of “waters of the United States” and recodifying the prior regulatory text.
- United States Environmental Protection Agency: 2019 Repeal RuleOperative text of the cited action