Oral arguments are now complete in the Sackett vs. EPA case before the Supreme Court, but there is still a lot of uncertainty about how to determine whether the federal government has jurisdiction over certain pieces of land.
Courtney Briggs, senior director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says that a previous Supreme Court case has led to some of the confusion. That case created two tests of jurisdiction.
Courtney Briggs says that one of the main talking points during the recent oral arguments are concerning what congress meant about the term ?adjacent? in the Clean Water Act.
Briggs says that the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers still have their proposed WOTUS rules that hinges on ?significant nexus? under consideration. Here is Briggs on where the discussion goes from here.
That?s Courtney Briggs with the American Farm Bureau.
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was asked during his weekly conference call on Tuesday about his thoughts on the discussion of the WOTUS rules and had this to say.
