“What we saw under the WOTUS rule,” said Ernst, “was an incredible overreach from the federal government in an attempt to control whatever water or pathway that might exist on private land, federal land, state laid. It was an overreach of the federal government, and went way too far.” At that same time, Ernst wants […]
Of course, one of the most important regulations to be scaled back was the sweeping Waters of the United States rule, finalized by the Obama administration in 2015. Under the onerous mandate, even the smallest of streams, farm ditches, and creek beds would fall under the Clean Water Act and be micromanaged by federal bureaucrats […]
President Trump addressed a wide variety of agriculture topics at the AFBF Convention in Nashville Monday. During his 40 minute address, Trump said one of his main objectives was repealing WOTUS. “And I have to say this, when I signed it, I said ‘oh, I’m going to be killed on this one’. And you know […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will replace Obama-era carbon and clean water regulations and open up a national debate on climate change in 2018, part of a list of priorities for the year that also includes fighting lead contamination in public drinking water. … He said the agency was also planning to rewrite the Waters […]
“Touring Tennessee farms, I often hear about federal overreach,” said [Rep. Scott] DesJarlais, R-South Pittsburg, and a member of the House Agriculture Committee. “An egregious example was the Obama administration’s EPA rule that would have placed even rain puddles under federal control.” In an Oval Office event, where he was surrounded by farmers, home builders […]
The Trump administration has also withdrawn or reconsidered close to 900 ineffective and duplicative regulations. Some of these regulations include the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, the Clean Power Plan, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) power grab rule and retirement plan rules. Each of these ‘Washington-knows-best’ rules would have led to more […]
This [WOTUS] rule, jointly issued by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, created a new definition for the waters that the federal government can regulate under the Clean Water Act. The definition tramples property rights and overrides the role of states in water stewardship. The agencies are proposing to delay implementation for […]
Under President Trump’s leadership, we have lowered Missourians’ electric bills by relying on our country’s own natural resources, opening up parts of Alaska to energy exploration, and approving the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. The EPA is no longer a job-killing factory piling on rules and regulations left and right. President Trump’s EPA has […]
Blunt expressed a belief that the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the United States, a rule designating jurisdiction of bodies of water, would give the agency say over the majority of building permits filed throughout the country. The EPA in 2015 revised the definition of what qualifies as a U.S. waterway, a move Trump instructed […]
According to the administration’s latest report, 635 regulations previously listed have been withdrawn; 700 rule-makings have been shelved; and 244 regulatory actions delayed. Among them: Re-evaluation of the Waters of the United States rule, which grossly expanded federal jurisdiction over state-regulated waterways. Continue reading at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review…