Oregon ranchers are challenging the Trump administration’s new water jurisdiction rule in court, saying it violates the Clean Water Act and the Constitution.
The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association filed a supplemental complaint late Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, building on an existing lawsuit that challenged earlier interpretations of the scope of federal water protections.
- The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers crafted the Navigable Waters Protection Rule to scale back earlier administrations’ definitions for which types of wetlands and waterways qualify as “waters of the United States” entitled to federal protection.
- The Oregon ...
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