Lawmakers and candidates reviewing increased federal authority over U.S. waters

cn|2 Pure Politics ^ | 5/27/2015 | Nick Storm

[Republican Wildcat]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers followed through with the finalization of a rule regulating waterways of the United States, which some in the GOP fear could turn into a land grab.

In Kentucky, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and GOP candidates running for statewide office have voiced concerns with the proposed rule and the harm it may pose to farmers in the state.

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According to The Hill, EPA head Gina McCarthy said those fears are unfounded under the finalized rule announced Wednesday.

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Rep. Ryan Quarles, R-Georgetown, is running against Jean Marie Lawson Spann in the general election, and Quarles has hammered the EPA in his remarks since declaring his candidacy for the post.

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As he digs through the nearly 300 pages of finalized rule, he said the move is one in a series from the Obama administration.

“Sadly, this is just the latest in a series of unprecedented power grabs by Obama’s EPA, an agency with a job killing track record in Kentucky,” he said. “This out of control, out of touch federal over-reach would put bureaucrats on our family farms. Enough is enough. As the next conservative agriculture commissioner, I will push back against and fight Obama’s runaway regulators.”

Lawson Spann, who said she is still reviewing the document, said Wednesday’s finalized rule does not change her position on the EPA or the Corp of Engineers.

“I support efforts to make sure that all citizens have access to safe drinking water,” Lawson Spann said in a statement. “Clean, safe water is one of the most valuable renewable resources that we have on earth.”

[Daveinyork]

So much for fixing potholes. They’ll be declared a navigable waterway.

[Daveinyork]

So much for fixing potholes. They’ll be declared a navigable waterway.

[GunHoardingCapitalist]

I have been fighting the EPA for almost 20 years over a piece of property that has been in my family for 3 generations. At high water spring runoff the river swells to within 20’ horizontally of the house and 6’ vertically. The EPA has been trying to grab our land since the mid 80’s, if this passes it would extend their land grab to 1500’ from the high water mark which is past my property lines. This is the house I have been planning on retiring in and passing to my daughter. I will die defending that land from these commies in government.