Biden Vetoes Bipartisan Attempt To Repeal EPA’s ‘Waters Of The United States’ Rule

dailycaller.com ^ | 4/6/2023 1653 edt | JOHN HUGH DEMASTRI

[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.”

[dfwgator]

[ridesthemiles]

In Los Angeles, any part of your land that water cannot permeate is taxed by the square foot-—IIRC—_$2.50 a sq ft,

So if you have a concrete driveway or a shed or carport-—that gets taxed.

[Lockbox]

RAIN ON YOUR ROOF IS THE EPA’s? Well sue them for the rain Trespassing!

[thirst4truth]

This has me worried again, since Obama enacted it. I have 5, 1 acre or so big ponds in a row with a seasonal creek in between them, all coming from the head of the creek and steep mountains feeding it, on our own land.

The state of Oregon has always said they own the ground water, but now the feds want to tell me what to do or not do with my own water? They can regulate it, so I can't water my garden and orchard, just because.