CAPITAL PRESS: Farm Bureau continues fight to stop WOTUS implementation
The American Farm Bureau Federation took quick action following a federal judge’s ruling in South Carolina that would make the controversial 2015 Waters of the U.S. rule immediately applicable in 26 states under the Clean Water Act.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge David Norton ruled the Trump administration failed to comply with rulemaking requirements in suspending the rule and reinstated the WOTUS rule nationwide. Federal courts in North Dakota and Georgia, however, have already granted injunctions blocking the rule in 24 states.
On Friday, AFBF and a coalition of business organizations notified the U.S. District Court in South Carolina they will appeal the court’s ruling.
They also notified a U.S. District Court in Texas — where AFBF filed its original legal challenge to WOTUS — of the South Carolina ruling, urging the court to issue a nationwide injunction against the 2015 WOTUS rule.
