Page 38 2023 Fall Farm Outlook Lincoln Daily News Oct 2023 and rancher organizations are not very happy about this ruling either. The ruling is being called the final WOTUS ruling, but people on both sides of the issue seem to still have their problems with it. Judges in both Texas and Idaho have temporarily halted the new WOTUS rule in their states. Some opponents of the new rule state the EPA should rewrite WOTUS to create more clarity for farmers when navigating its regulations. The EPA, on the other hand, made a public statement vowing to continue to fight to provide clean water to the people of the United States. Seeing how much dislike both sides have for this ‘final’ WOTUS rule, it seems highly unlikely that these new regulations will truly be final. [Matt Boutcher] Resources: 1. https://www.fb.org/issue/regulatory-reform/ waters-of-the-united-states 2. https://www.iowapbs.org/shows/mtom/ market-package/clip/8944/wotus-rule-revised 3. https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/ history-clean-water-act#:~:text=The%20 Federal%20Water%20Pollution%20 Control,Clean%20Water%20Act%20(CWA). 4. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ farmers-ranchers-think-epa-clean-water-rulegoes-far 5. https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2017/09/ defining-waters-of-the-united-states-cleanwater-rule/#:~:text=Justice%20Alito%20 delivered%20the%20court’s 6. https://wildlife.org/new-wotusrule-leaves-american-wetlandsvulnerable/#:~:text=The%20May%20 2023%20SCOTUS%20decision,are%20to%20 be%20federally%20protected.
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