County Commissioners sign resolution opposing weakening of state water rights
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From Staff Reports
The Hays County Commissioners Court has unanimously approved a resolution opposing proposed new rules that would expand the authority of the Clean Water Act (CWA) to include previously unregulated waters such as ditches, farm ponds, dry waterways and isolated wetlands.
“The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers have proposed rules that in essence would infringe upon the sovereignty of the state to regulate its own waters,” said Hays County Judge Bert Cobb, M.D. “These two federal agencies failed to expand the CWA through legislation, and are now trying to gain more control by expanding their rules.”
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