AFBF: Changes to clean water rule will hurt family farms
Farmers from will participate in a roundtable about the impact of the proposal to repeal and replace the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.
Farmers from will participate in a roundtable about the impact of the proposal to repeal and replace the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.
The EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers replaced the 2015 Waters of the United States regulation with a new Clean Water rule that brings clarity.
Today’s rule is the first step in a two-step rulemaking process to define the scope of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.
Earth Day is a time to celebrate our natural resources and commit to caring for our planet.
This week NCGA submitted comments to the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers on the Agencies’ proposed rule revising the definition of Waters of the U.S.
The proposed new Clean Water Rule by the EPA and Corps of Engineers was released today. Farm Bureau believes the worst of the rule has been revised.
If you think agriculture has won the three-year battle over the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, think again. Although the EPA has rescinded the Obama administration’s original version and is poised to offer an alternative under the Trump Administration, Cody Lyon, managing director of advocacy and political affairs with the American […]
The EPA proposes a clear, understandable, and implementable definition of “waters of the United States” that clarifies authority under the Clean Water Act.
A video released by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association on the 2015 WOTUS rule video did not violate anti-lobbying and propoganda laws. On Thursday the Government Accountability Office concluded definitively that the video “did not violate the publicity or propaganda, grassroots lobbying, or Interior anti-lobbying provisions.” “Radical environmental activists and their allies in Congress first […]
The American Farm Bureau Federation and others will appeal a South Carolina federal district court’s recent ruling that revived the overbroad, vague, and illegal 2015 Waters of the United States Rule and made it the law of the land in 26 states. In a separate filing, the broad coalition of business organizations also notified a […]