US Politics Daily@uspoliticsdailyThe White House has issued a presidential determination exempting wildfire suppression work from water pollution rules at the federal, state and local levels. The exemption covers firefighting by the Forest Service, the Interior Department and other agencies, plus their contractors, including aerial drops of fire retardant.
It does not waive two specific sections of federal water pollution law, and some of these operations are already the subject of a court case in Montana.
The exemption runs for one year, from November 10, 2026 through November 10, 2027.
