2015 House Bill 5152

“Push back” against EPA “Waters of the U.S.” regulatory expansion

Introduced in the House

Dec. 15, 2015

Introduced by Rep. Larry Inman (R-104)

To specify in the state environmental protection law that state and federal enforcement of wetlands and water pollution laws and regulations are limited to “navigable waters” as defined in federal statute, rather that the greatly expanded jurisdiction claimed by the federal Environmental Protection Agency in a rule promulgated on June 29, 2015.

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture