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Post by avordvet on Nov 14, 2014 6:17:07 GMT -5
“Waters of the United States” — the ultimate power grabReed Hopper, November 10, 2014 Reed Hopper The Clean Water Act prohibits certain discharges to “navigable waters” without a federal permit. The Act defines “navigable waters” as “waters of the United States” which the Corps and EPA originally took to mean traditional navigable waters that could be used in interstate commerce. This is important because the Clean Water Act is based on the commerce power. By definition, regulation of waters under the Act must be necessary to and in furtherance of interstate commerce. But it didn’t take long before the agencies started pushing the envelope on federal jurisdiction claiming regulatory authority over wetlands and other nonnavigable waters that had nothing to do with commerce, let alone interstate commerce. blog.pacificlegal.org/2014/waters-united-states-ultimate-power-grab/
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