"Without the Clean Water Rule’s critical protections, innumerable small streams and wetlands that are essential for drinking water supplies, flood protection, and fish and wildlife habitat will be vulnerable to unregulated pollution, dredging and filling," said Bob Irvin, president of American Rivers.

Craig Uden, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, said it would "force ranchers and feedlot operators to get permits or risk excessive federal penalties despite being miles away from any navigable water. This rule should be taken out behind the barn and put out of its misery."


  If our legal system worked properly with judges being the arbitrator to enforce the intent of the law,  good judges could let this rule lie,  and stop overreaching interpataions.  Instead we have been set upon by those would read it to the "letter"  and "judgement" is not part of the picture.

We do need clean water and air rules.....  no doubt,  but it does seem at times they are really stretching common sense.

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