The ranking member of the House Ag Committee says the recent decision by EPA to revise the definition of ‘waters of the U.S.’ would create unneeded regulatory confusion for farmers.
Glenn GT Thompson, a Republican from Pennsylvania, tells Brownfield this is a repeat of the 2015 Navigable Waters Protection Rule change. “I just implore the Biden administration to retain the current WOTUS definition that was set under President Trump. If they want to rename it in their image, that’s fine but keep the language of actual guidance and not to engage in another massive land grab through government overreach.”
EPA and Army Corps of Engineers announced plans to initiate a new rulemaking process that restores the protections in place prior to the 2015 WOTUS implementation.
