The Supreme Court docket has restricted the Environmental Safety Company’s means to control sure our bodies of water. In a 5-4 vote, the Court docket dominated in favor of an Idaho landowner within the long-running Sackett vs. EPA case.
The Clear Water Act of 1972 gave EPA the authority to control navigable waters within the nation. At problem is what our bodies of water must be thought of “Waters of america.”
Below the newest definition of WOTUS issued by the Biden Administration late final 12 months, EPA had the authority to control numerous small our bodies of water, together with these on non-public land and farms. The court docket held that this definition was too broad, and restricted EPA’s authority to solely wetlands “with a steady floor connection” to navigable waterways.
The ruling successfully invalidates the Biden WOTUS rule.
This can be a growing story.
