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:The articles should be merged, although the two rules are slightly different. Can you do it? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 19:38, 2 July 2017 (EDT)
:The articles should be merged, although the two rules are slightly different. Can you do it? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 19:38, 2 July 2017 (EDT)
::There are many rules implementing the Clean Water Act. Shouldn't you just have one comprehensive article about the Clean Water Act? Also, we should have a separate article about the definition of "Navigatable Waters of the United States", because this term defines federal jurisdiction in contexts beyond just the Clean Water Act. It also defines the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers and the old Federal Power Commission (now Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) with respect to the licensing of hydroelectric projects. [[User:JDano|JDano]] ([[User talk:JDano|talk]]) 04:54, 3 July 2017 (EDT)
::There are many rules implementing the Clean Water Act. Shouldn't you just have one comprehensive article about the Clean Water Act? Also, we should have a separate article about the definition of "Navigatable Waters of the United States", because this term defines federal jurisdiction in contexts beyond just the Clean Water Act. It also defines the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers and the old Federal Power Commission (now Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) with respect to the licensing of hydroelectric projects. [[User:JDano|JDano]] ([[User talk:JDano|talk]]) 04:54, 3 July 2017 (EDT)
:::I have no objection, as long as readers will be able to understand what each of those hot-button phrases means, politically:
:::*[[Navigable waters of the United States]] has nothing to do with navigation or shipping. It's merely a compromise between polluters and farmers on the one hand, and clean-water freaks or preservationists on the other.
:::*Similarly, the [[Clean Water Rule]] is not mostly about clean drinking water for people, but it also restricts legitimate (farm) use and delights the [[no-use]] environmental lobby
:::*The [[WOTUS]] rule is a variation on the Clean Water Rule that isn't so tough on farmers filling in a swamp (see [[Wetlands]]) to get more crop land.
:::If you two can make one article out of all this mess, go for it! --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 12:09, 3 July 2017 (EDT)