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Hudson Votes to Block EPA's Waters of the U.S. Rule

01/13/16
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January 13, 2016 
                             
Hudson Votes to Block EPA’s Waters of the U.S. Rule
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after Congress passed a bill to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule:
 
“The EPA’s pursuit to regulate our mill ponds, irrigation ditches and creeks is an extreme threat to our private property rights. I will continue to fight to block this rule and protect North Carolina’s farmers, producers and property owners from this tremendous EPA overreach.”
 
S.J.Res. 22 expresses Congressional disapproval under the Congressional Review Act over the Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA’s WOTUS rule. The joint resolution deems that the WOTUS rule would have no force or effect, and prohibits the rule from begin reissued in substantially the same form. The resolution passed the Senate on November 4, 2015 and now heads to the president’s desk.
 
In May, Rep. Hudson voted to support the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015, H.R. 1732. This House-passed bill would require the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw consideration of WOTUS, a proposed rule that seeks to redefine navigable waters and drastically expand the Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction to irrigation ditches, ponds, creeks, and streams as well as other waters traditionally regulated by states.  
 
In October, a federal court issued a nationwide stay on the WOTUS rule, suspending the rule’s implementation nationwide. If implemented, this misguided power grab would give limitless federal control over nearly all state and local waters and have devastating economic consequences for farmers, property owners and communities in North Carolina.
 
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