Advocacy groups representing utilities, industry, agriculture and landowners are mounting an offensive against the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act, which is coming up for committee vote in the Senate.
The act, S 787, would broaden regulation of the nation's waterways, most notably removing the requirement that regulated waterways be "navigable."
In so doing, the government would essentially be able to regulate everything from standing water in floodplains to creeks that run behind business and residences.../more- Environmental Leader
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The Cooler - 6/18/09 - Updated 6/19/09
