The American Farm Bureau Federation, with the National Association of Homebuilders, last week filed a petition in the Supreme Court, after two lower courts ruled against the groups’ argument that the Clean Water Act allows the EPA to “micromanage local land use and development decisions,” according to a release from the AFBF.
“It’s about whether EPA has the power to override local decisions on what land can be farmed, where homes can be built, and where schools, hospitals, roads and communities can be developed,” said AFBF President Bob Stallman.
The Clean Water Act established the Clean Water Blueprint and total maximum daily loads, or the amount of pollution a body of water deemed impaired can handle and still meet water quality standards. The EPA then established nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment limits and gave Chesapeake Bay watershed states until 2025 to meet the goals it put forth, with each state outlining a plan of its own to meet the goals.
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when agencies and officials do not represent the people, (do what the people want, not their own agendas), they should be fired/disbanded. that goes for every single PUBLIC SERVANT that exists.
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