Farm Bureau Urges Senate To Ditch Proposed Water Rule

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is urging the Senate to tell EPA to withdraw its proposed “waters of the U.S. rule” (WOTUS).

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In a letter sent to all members of the Senate, AFBF cited a recent letter sent by the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Advocacy to EPA . After an evaluation, the SBA’s letter called on EPA and the Corps of Engineers to withdraw the WOTUS rule.

“The SBA Office of Advocacy found that EPA and the Corps used conflicting and even incorrect data in order to claim minimal impacts on small business and that they cherry-picked the data used in their economic analysis,” AFBF wrote.

Farm Bureau has articulated its view that EPA analysis of its proposed rule is flawed and the manner in which it has conducted this rulemaking is broken.

“The SBA Office of Advocacy has now validated our concerns,” Farm Bureau wrote. “Now is the time for all senators to join the bipartisan effort to have this rule withdrawn.”

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A copy of the letter can be found here: www.fb.org/tmp/uploads/cwa-wotus-senate14-1006.pdf

Click here to read the National Farmers Union’s comments submitted to EPA on the proposed water rule.

The comment period on the proposed rule ends on Oct. 20. Submit your comments here: www.fbactinsider.org/action-center/legislative-action-center   

Source: American Farm Bureau Federation news release

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