Contact: Amanda Culp Director, Communications (202) 296-9680 am anda@ nasda.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2017
State Ag Departments, Farmers Applaud WOTUS Rescission
Following the U.S. Environm ental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcem ent today to w ithdraw the 2015 Clean W ater Rule and recodify the previous regulations, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) President and Louisiana Com m issioner of Agriculture M ichael G. Strain issued the following statement:
"The EPA has sided w ith state and local governments, farmers, landowners, and small businesses in their decision to rescind this burdensom e regulation. The 2015 rule lacked clarity, and was fraught with procedural concerns and violations of congressional intent, making it necessary to start over with a new rule that protects clean water and respects state regulatory authority. State laws and programs partner with EPA, farmers and ranchers, and local entities to protect clean w ater every day. W e look forward to w orking cooperatively w ith the EPA in developing - and eventually im plem enting - a new rule."
All of NASDA's official actions on W OTUS can be found here. NASDA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit association which represents the elected and appointed commissioners, secretaries, and directors of the departm ents o f agriculture in all fifty states and four U.S. territories. To learn m ore about NASDA, please visit www.nasda.org.
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