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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, November 25, 2024
Federal agencies are leaving landowners in the dark about what they can legally do under the Clean Water Act without violating the law, representatives of agriculture and other industries told lawmakers Wednesday.
The EPA and Army Corps of Engineers’ revisions to their March “waters of the U.S.” rule, which narrowed the scope of the rule based on the Supreme Court’s Sackett decision, were greeted with resignation and protest Tuesday.
Farm groups are among the dozens of industry trade associations expressing concern that the Environmental Protection Agency will try to retain broad authority to regulate discharges into non-navigable waters despite the Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett.
The Biden administration's new “waters of the U.S.” rule came under immediate criticism from farm groups and their GOP allies in Congress, who said it could expand federal jurisdiction over agricultural lands.
Virtual roundtables to discuss the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers’ effort to come up with a “durable” definition of “waters of the U.S.” will kick off Monday, with nine more to follow through June 24.
