October 27, 2015
2015 Logan County Farm Outlook Magazine
LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.COM Page 21
Members of the National Pork Producer’s
Council (NPPC) are happy that enforcement
of the rule has been temporarily halted. Along
with the American Farm Bureau Federation,
they feel that courts need to better understand
how it affects “farmers, ranchers, and
landowners” before enforcing the rule.
NPPC president, Dr. Ron Prestage said, “The
WOTUS rule is vague and fails to let regulated
parties know when their conduct violates
the law,. . .We all want clean water, but this
regulation is just big land grab that promotes
growth in the size of government and allows
activists to extort and micromanage all kinds of
farming and business activities.”
As the EPA goes back to the drawing board
on this Rule, the general consensus among
agricultural agencies, farmers, and even
congress seems to be that the EPA needs to be
clear about what it will be regulating, and make
sure it does not adversely affect agricultural
practices.
Story by Angela Reiners/
Jan Youngquist
Related articles:
Springfield field tour to promote
benefits of improved soil health,
water quality
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NEWS/RR110715_TOUR.shtml
Resources and references:
The Final Clean Water Rule http://
www2.epa.gov/sites/production/
files/2015-05/documents/fact_
sheet_agriculture_final.pdf
Oct 9th, 2015 - Court
documentation of ‘stay’ on
WOTUS Rule for all of the U.S.
opinions.pdf/15a0246p-06.pdf
EPA response to Clean Water
Rule Litigation Statement http://
www2.epa.gov/cleanwaterrule/
clean-water-rule-litigation-
statement
Waters of the United States
Expanded Definition and its
Impact on Developers and
Property - Monica Edwards
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of-the-united-states-expanded-
definition-and-its-impact-on-
developers-and-property-owners/
