Update: Private Property Rights. Water. EPA Rules Halted.

Today a federal judge blocked implementation of EPA rules which would have required mapping of small waterways on private land. The case will proceed; however, the rules have been temporarily blocked.

US News & World Report

July 9, 2015, Information Intelligence:

27 states and state agencies, as well as 14 agriculture-oriented organizations, have filed lawsuits across teh country to block the EPA water mapping project. 

The EPA is seeking to map water flows, including mapping of low flow waterways on private property.

Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas filed suit in U.S. District Court in Galveston, Texas. Joining the suit in Galveston are: American Farm Bureau Federation, American Petroleum Institute, American Road and Transportation Builders Association, Leading Builders of America, National Alliance of Forest Owners, National Association of Home Builders, National Association of Manufactures, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Mining Association, National Pork Producers Council, and Public Lands Council.

High Plains AG Journal