JTN: The Biden administration approved regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency that revise the definition of “Waters of the United States” and clarifies what types of bodies of water are protected under the Clean Water Act.
President Biden signed the regulations in late December, marking a return to the approach of the Obama administration after Trump narrowed the definitions to protect private property owners. The Trump guidelines faced legal scrutiny on the grounds that tributary waterways could affect larger bodies of water. District Court Judge Rosemary Marquez halted them on such grounds, per Fox News.
The Biden regulations expand federal protections of a slew of water bodies such as lakes and wetlands, but largely address any permanent navigable waterways.
California GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa took issue with the decision, per Fox, saying “[r]ural America doesn’t need yet another rule giving the federal government more power over farming and private property. The federal government shouldn’t have jurisdiction to regulate puddles, ditches, seasonal creeks or culverts. All this rule does is make it more difficult to grow food or build anything.” MORE
All this rule does is make it more difficult to grow food or build anything.”
That’s a feature, not a bug.
navigable is the only word keeping them from taking your property for having a lake, pond, seasonal creek, ditch, etc.
as far as building on your property? fuhgeddaboudit
Do the regulatable puddles include the ones in Joey’s diapers? And does his ass crack meet the definition of “ditch”?
remember the Barky Regime’s guidelines were something like ‘an inch of water over a 24-hour period’ or some such ridiculousness
I used to comment that every time it rained our pool cover was considered a protected wetland area
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Have you ever noticed how just one interfering motherfucker in their midst can cause an entire family to go apeshit at get-togethers?
Yeah, that.
Another abusive and useless government agency that needs to be shut down.