American, Georgia Farm Bureaus Seek to Join District Court Case on Flawed 2015 WOTUS Rule

The American Farm Bureau Federation and the Georgia Farm Bureau have joined a group of affected business sector representatives in filing a motion to intervene as a plaintiff, as well as a complaint as intervenors, in a federal district court case challenging the legality of the Environmental Protection Agency’s and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2015 Waters of the United States Rule. The lawsuit is filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

“The unlawful 2015 WOTUS Rule would result in farmers and ranchers losing the ability to use their property and lost productivity,” said AFBF President Zippy Duvall. “The rule would bring a massive amount of regulatory burdens and costs to all states, not only those that are plaintiffs in the lawsuit. Farmers and ranchers must be represented in this matter. The potential crushing fines and criminal liability that they could face as individuals from the flawed and unjustifiable 2015 WOTUS rule taking effect are outrageous.”

In the complaint AFBF and the other groups strongly contend that... 

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