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Did Trump really do this? If he did HURRAH!

Faster horses

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http://envnewsdaily.com/breaking-he-did-it-finally-he-did-it/

President Donald Trump has been busy reviewing a lot of the horrible executive orders foisted upon us by President Barack Obama in the former administration.

One that has had a horrible effect on farmers, homeowners, ranchers and businesses is the innocent-sounding ‘Clean Water’ or “Waters of the United States” rule, otherwise known as WOTUS.

President Trump just announced he will be rolling back the rule and explains why, surrounded by many of the people whom the rule hurt.

Homeowners who did anything even with puddles of water on their own land could effectively be in trouble from the rule because of the federal government reach


Republicans, farmers and industrial groups have called the rule an EPA “power grab” because it extends the agency’s powers to new heights over ephemeral waters not physically connected to “waters of the U.S.”

Thirty-two states filed suit against EPA and the Corps to get federal judges to strike down the rule. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt sued to have the rule overturned while attorney general of Oklahoma. A federal judge in North Dakota issued a stay against WOTUS in August 2015, suggesting there could be legal issues with the rule.

Trump wants the EPA to make sure “waters are kept free from pollution, while at the same time promoting economic growth, minimizing regulatory uncertainty.” He also want to make sure the rule respects the role of states and Congress.

The standard Trump is recommending that accounts both for protecting water and protecting the rights of landowners? The Scalia standard.


Trump will order federal officials to interpret the term “navigable waters” in a “manner consistent with the opinion of Justice Antonin Scalia in Rapanos v. United States” — a departure from the Obama administration interpretation of federal power.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016, wrote in his plurality opinion for Rapanos that “navigable waters” refers to “relatively permanent, standing or flowing bodies of water” and not “ephemeral” flows.

Sounds like a great plan, a Scalia standard protecting the Constitution plus protecting the rights of landowners and businesses.




 

Tam

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He did sign a EO today about Clean Water and the EPA's overreach. I missed the details as we had company for lunch and the TV was turned down. I read on the screen what he was signing and just made out a bit of what he said about EPA
 

Steve

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The executive order says it is in the national interest to ensure that the nation’s navigable waters are kept free from pollution, while at the same time promoting economic growth, minimizing regulatory uncertainty and showing due regard for the roles of the Congress and the states under the Constitution.

The Clean Water Rule remains in effect.

Trump’s executive order directs the Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA to review the rule and “rescind or revise, or publish for notice and comment proposed rules rescinding or revising.”

in effect nothing changed, just that the Army Corp are ordered to take another look at it, maybe this time a good science driven approach will be used to review it...
 
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