WASHINGTON — The American Farm Bureau Federation has asked its members to resist a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency that it says will impose unworkable regulations on the nation's farms.
Published April 21 in the Federal Register, the more-than-111,000-word "Waters of the U.S." proposed rule reflects the EPA's latest interpretation of the 1972 Clean Water Act. The rule could ultimately lead to the unlawful expansion of federal regulation to cover routine farming and ranching practices as well as other common private land uses, such as building homes.
"This rule is. . .