Remember how WOTUS or Waters of the U.S. proposed by the Obama administration riled up farm groups and others because of its definition of what constituted controlled waters?
Now the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new rules to define WOTUS protected under the Clean Water Act. this time, farm groups are celebrating while environmental groups, those who supported Obama’s extreme definition, are the ones who are unhappy. The environmental activists contend the rewrite of WOTUS will likely end protections for millions of acres of wetlands and small streams.
President Obama’s administration proposed the changes in the 2015 “Clean Water rule” which expanded the WOTUS definition to increase federal jurisdiction over more water bodies, including some streams and wetlands. Two years ago, the U.S. House voted to overturn the Biden administration’s expanded WOTUS rule and all five members from Oklahoma voted to fight the environmental move.
Rep. Frank Lucas was an outspoken opponent of what the Biden administration attempted to do.
“Oklahoma’s farmers, ranchers, landowners, and small business owners are feeling the squeeze of record inflation, high input costs, supply chain constraints- and on top of all that burdensome regulations of the Biden Administration,” declared Rep. Frank Lucas in explaining his vote.
“I applaud the House for passing our bipartisan resolution, and look forward to the Senate continuing our work to ensure overreaching regulations don’t further hinder the work and lives of our fellow Americans.”
Now things could be reversed reported the Kansas Reflector.
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