Members of the ag industry are concerned that the future of the Waters of the US rule leaves producers with too many unanswered questions.
Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts says the Biden administration won’t rewrite its rule even with a decision from the US Supreme Court in Sackett v. EPA. “It seems likely, depending on EPA’s action, we will have to be back in court again for an injunction on this rule.”
Ricketts says even with an injunction from a North Dakota court, it’s likely it will get tied up in legal proceedings because it doesn’t comply with the 1972 Clean Water Act that defined navigable waters.
