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Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Lujan Grisham, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to offer our views regarding the EPA and the Corps of Engineers' proposed rule to define Waters of the United States under the…
I would stake my professional reputation on the fact that this rule--unless it is dramatically altered from what was proposed--will result in potential Clean Water Act liability and Federal permit requirements for a vast number of…
Thank you for holding your hearing March 17, 2015, to review the proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking.
We need to stop this, and I don't know if we are going to be able to do that.
Farmers are excellent stewards of the land, and we all want to make the water as clean as possible.
For them to put this rule out, circumvent Congress, is really outrageous.
the Clean Water Act was a very good piece of legislation that was written.
the rule as drafted creates more confusion than it clarifies, and is already subject to differing interpretations
This proposal drafted under the authority of that Act will have dire and significant consequences for rural America.
I call on the Administration to re-propose the rule for a new round of public comment.
If clarity, certainty, and better establishing reasonable jurisdictional limits was the intent of the rule, this proposal completely misses the mark.
The Obama Administration has taken it upon itself to redefine their authority over jurisdictional waters.
The Clean Water Act created a historic partnership between the Federal Government and the states to protect our nation's navigable waterways.
When Congress rejected legislation that would expand the Federal scope and jurisdiction over regulated waterways, the EPA attempted to circumvent Congress.
However, since the law's inception, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers have on many occasions ignored the original intent of Congress.
I really couldn't have said it any better than Mr. Smeltz.
This is nothing but a power grab, takes power away from the states.