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Marshall Sanford: I think it is the most legalistic of stretches to define navigable water as an intermittent stream that might flood once…

On the recordJune 9, 2015
I think it is the most legalistic of stretches to define navigable water as an intermittent stream that might flood once every couple of years.
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Marshall Sanford
South Carolina

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Sanford criticizes the definition of navigable waters under new regulations.

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