Posted on 04/07/2023 8:26:23 AM PDT by rktman
President Joe Biden vetoed a bipartisan bill Thursday that would limit his administration’s broad interpretation of the “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule that grants the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) significant new authority.
The president rejected the bill, arguing that his administration’s new rule provides “clear rules of the road” to protect both economic efforts and water quality under the Clean Water Act, according to the veto. The rule dramatically expands the traditional limits of WOTUS — which allow the EPA to regulate navigable waters — to include all territorial seas, interstate waters, adjacent wetlands, traditional waters’ tributaries and some artificial reservoirs.
“The resolution would leave Americans without a clear definition of ‘Waters of the United States,'” Biden said in the veto. “The increased uncertainty caused by H.J. Res. 27 would threaten economic growth, including for agriculture, local economies, and downstream communities.”
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They even count cattails in road ditches or in your back yard.
Yep, got a spot in your yard that stays wet for several days after a heavy rain? That’s now a “protected wetland”.
So how soon do the dams get torn down ?
So clearing snow off the driveway or even driving over it might be cause for legal action? 🤔
With the record snow pack in the Sierras they may get torn down on their own when the thaw starts. Not that cali won’t dump a bunch in the Pacific anyway.
Biden vetoes a bill that the GOP failed to pass when they had the White House and Congress. THAT should be the title.
Would be cheaper than having the epa tear the dams down
Uniparty wins again.
All property rightfully belongs to Black Rock.
Got a spot where the water flows through during rain it is a tributary.
A six pack of my favorite bagels, pre-biden were 2.50, now
cost 6.59 with no sign of a lower price on the horizon.
A pond in a farmers yard is not deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships, so it is not navigable!
Excuse me EPA, my body of water self identifies as a field…….
....the “Revolutionists” in Bidens INNER CIRCLE who are Marxists bent on destroying the US will never miss an opportunity to damage the U.S.
The complete destruction of the US is their goal. It’s plain to see.
You know Biden’s intentions for us are bad. He ALWAYS does the polar opposite of what is good for the country. Even a moron gets something right every now and then, just by accident.
Don’t pee in your back yeard, it’ll be called a navigable waterway. Morons running amok.
yeard = Yard
The current EPA does as it pleases...
RAIN ON YOUR ROOF IS THEIRS—You cannot catch it for garden water.
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