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Waters of the United States Comes Back to U.S. Supreme Court

Published October 3, 2022

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on a case regarding the Waters of the United States. Sackett vs. EPA takes a closer look at how expansive the Clean Water Act is in terms of wetlands. "In 2006,…

WOTUS Concerns Renewed

Published September 21, 2022

Republican members of the House Agriculture Committee have sent a letter to EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, raising new concerns about the Waters of the United States rule. The lawmakers are upset with regulatory actions taken by the…

SCOTUS Schedules Two Ag-Related Hearings

Published June 17, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear at least two agriculture-based cases in October. In a new schedule released this past week, the court said it will start its new term by hearing Sackett vs. the United States. This case includes…

EPA Holds First Virtual WOTUS Roundtable

Published May 9, 2022

On Monday, the EPA hosted its first virtual regional roundtable on the Waters of the United States rule. Iowa State University Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Larry Weber told the EPA there are high levels of nitrates leaving Iowa in…

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Ten WOTUS Roundtable Discussions Coming This Summer

Published February 25, 2022

The Regenerative Agriculture Foundation in Minneapolis, Minnesota will be hosting one of the 10 regional roundtables to discuss the Waters of the United States rule. The roundtables across the country were selected through an application process and announced on Thursday.…

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GOP Senators Ask EPA, Corps to Half WOTUS Rulemaking Process

Published February 24, 2022

A group of nine Republican senators, including North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer, has sent a letter to the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers urging them to immediately stop the rulemaking process for the Waters of the United States.…

Republican Senators Ask Agencies to Suspend WOTUS Rulemaking

Published February 4, 2022

Senate Republicans want the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers to suspend the pending Waters of the United States rule making. At least until the Supreme Court completes its consideration of Sackett versus the EPA. Lawmakers including Senators John Thune…

Supreme Court Will Re-Consider WOTUS Case

Published January 25, 2022

This spring, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a case involving the definition of Waters of the United States. This case is called Sackett versus EPA. The Sacketts are an Idaho couple who would like to build a house, but…

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AFBF Revives the Battle Against WOTUS

Published January 10, 2022

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall kicked off the organization's first general session Sunday. Duvall said Farm Bureau successfully fought back proposed changes to stepped-up basis."We might have suceeded there, but we need that same energy and passion when…

SBA Takes Input on Navigable Waters Rule

Published January 7, 2022

The American Farm Bureau Federation was represented in a Small Business Administration listening session about the proposal to repeal and replace the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. AFBF Senior Congressional Relations Director Courtney Briggs said it is important that agriculture’s side…

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Waters of the United States Comes Back to U.S. Supreme Court

WOTUS Concerns Renewed

SCOTUS Schedules Two Ag-Related Hearings

EPA Holds First Virtual WOTUS Roundtable

Ten WOTUS Roundtable Discussions Coming This Summer

GOP Senators Ask EPA, Corps to Half WOTUS Rulemaking Process

Republican Senators Ask Agencies to Suspend WOTUS Rulemaking

Supreme Court Will Re-Consider WOTUS Case

AFBF Revives the Battle Against WOTUS

SBA Takes Input on Navigable Waters Rule

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