I probably remember wrong but I think this allows the EPA to control the puddle in my backyard but doesn’t require them to do it in any specific way. So even with this ruling they could decide it’s ok for me to fill in the hole where the puddle happens when it rains.
The problems would be
* EPA “deep staters” WANT to control the puddle on my land
* Businesses can still bribe EPA officials to deny building permits to their competitors.
* Mueller can put someone in solitary confinement if he thinks they have something on Trump and he thinks they filled a hole in their backyard a few years ago.
I live in mortal fear of this. I am in a blue state (for about 3/4 more years) and I live dangerously close to a mosquito infested swamp...errrr, I mean “wetland.”
I did not know this when I purchased the property but it is now confirmed and I always wonder when some offshoot of the EPA Nazi will come striding in and tell me that my 2 story garage that we put up (with a town permit) is “too close” to the mosquito infested swamp.
that and the value of your property plummets. Of course you still have to pay exorbitant TAXES on said property.