The Environmental Protection Agency has been holding virtual meetings taking input from stakeholders interested in their rewrite of Clean Water Rules. The Obama Era Waters of the U.S. rule was thrown out and replaced by the Navigable Waters Protection Rule under then President Donald Trump. NCBA Vice President and South Dakota Cattle Producer Todd Wilkinson will testify on August 31 in favor of keeping the NWPR in place and opposing any attempt to reinstate WOTUS.
He expects a real battle with the EPA in coming up with a reasonable water rule rewrite that doesn’t include a major federal government overreach.
Wilkinson says what the government must avoid is regulating every drop of water that falls on a person’s land.
The EPA has not indicated what they will include in the Clean Waters Rewrite but wants to get input from as many people and groups as possible before moving forward.
