[John] Duarte became a cause célèbre among property-rights activists, farmers and other conservatives after running afoul of environmental laws in 2012. A judge ruled in 2016 that he violated the “Waters of the United States” provision of the Clean Water Act by “deep ripping” a Tehama County field without a permit. Duarte said he just […]
She also noted the EPA’s failed attempt to regulate “navigable waters” in which the federal agency asserted that it could prevent a landowner from doing anything with a wetland that was near a ditch that eventually drained into navigable water. Continue reading at Daily Journal Online…
Both McConnell and Donnelly took jabs at the so-called Waters of the United States rule, commonly referred to as WOTUS, but in much different ways. McConnell said the rule was on its “way to the ash heap of history,” while Donnelly called for a more ground-up approach to the regulation that would put local farmers […]
Every state can’t be treated the same way by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Nor should the EPA have a policy that will harm North Dakota farmers and ranchers. State officials say there needs to be a repeal of the Waters of the U.S. Rule (WOTUS) as it currently exists. Those were the bipartisan messages […]
Flake particularly praised Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt, who he said is taking a more realistic approach. He said he’s especially happy about the planned withdrawal of an EPA rule known as Waters of the United States or WOTUS regulating many more streams and wetlands. “We cannot have a situation where protecting America’s waterways […]
Scott Pruitt, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, attended a closed-door roundtable discussion in Fargo on Wednesday, Aug. 9, on the federal government’s proposed revision of the Waters of the U.S. rule, known as WOTUS. Attendees of the roundtable held at North Dakota State University included North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, U.S. Sen. John […]
By Karen Bennett (Hunton & Williams LLP environmental counsel) and John Henson (Hunton & Williams LLP associate)