PENNSYLVANIA, March 15 - PRINTER'S NO. 498

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

76

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, VOGEL, MARTIN, ROTHMAN, BARTOLOTTA,

HUTCHINSON, PENNYCUICK AND STEFANO, MARCH 15, 2023

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MARCH 15, 2023

A RESOLUTION

Opposing the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule imposed by

the President of the United States, the United States

Department of the Army and the United States Environmental

Protection Agency.

WHEREAS, On December 30, 2022, the United States Department

of the Army and the United States Environmental Protection

Agency announced the "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the

United States'" rule, which will become effective on March 20,

2023; and

WHEREAS, This rule puts our farmers, ranchers, small business

owners, landowners and families at risk for the possibility of

excessive fines, per day, from the Federal Government in a

flagrant example of government overreach; and

WHEREAS, In 2015, the presidential administration enacted a

WOTUS rule that essentially gave the Federal Government

jurisdiction over every body of water in the country; and

WHEREAS, Now, the current administration is implementing a

new WOTUS rule that will create more uncertainties and problems

for our rural communities; and

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