WASHINGTON I Recently U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO3) questioned U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Robert Bonnie during a House Agriculture Subcommittee hearing to review the Interpretive Rule Regarding the Applicability of Clean Water Act Agricultural Exemptions.
During the hearing, Tipton contested Bonnie’s claims that agriculture producers’ access to water would be protected as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) attempts to expand its regulatory reach through a proposed rule that redefines “waters of the United States”…