The regulated view the final Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule with at least suspicion, and the National Farmers Union, which supported the earlier draft until it heard otherwise from its membership, described the latest version as an improvement but not perfect due to its vagueness. WOTUS Campaigns Federal agencies in Washington used to issue draft and then final regulations without much fanfare, but the effort by the EPA to regulate the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) has become so politicized that it stands accused by critics of outright lobbying to protect its just-issued final version. The agency claims to have made concessions to both industry and conservation interests, crafting better definitions of what qualifiy as exempt and what...