The Environmental Protection
Agency has sent a final rule to the White House that would prevent the Waters
of the U.S. Rule from taking effect. The EPA rushed the rule to the White House
because of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling placing the legal jurisdiction
of the rule in federal district courts, not federal appeals courts, where a
stay was issued against the original rule. The Supreme Court ruling will lift
that delay, allowing WOTUS to go into effect in 37 states. EPA water chief
Davis Ross told Politico the rushed delay rule would be finalized within a
month. Farm groups, such as the American Farm Bureau Federation, have long
opposed the Obama-era rule. During an event with AFBF members last year, EPA
administrator Scott Pruitt said the EPA will bring more certainty in water
regulation for farmers and ranchers through a repeal and replacement effort.
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