GOP Opposes Fed Water Rules

State officials are examining how new federal rules protecting streams, tributaries, wetlands and the drinking water of 117 million Americans may affect Idaho. Idaho’s Republican senators and governor have already come out against the new rules implemented Wednesday, saying the rules are giving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers too much regulatory control over Idaho’s water. Sen. Mike Crapo issued a statement Wednesday urging Congress to take immediate action on bipartisan legislation called the “Federal Water Quality Protection Act.” “In the face of unprecedented opposition from small businesses, agricultural groups, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and ordinary citizens, the administration is still moving forward in finalizing the EPA efforts to wrongly assert jurisdiction over nearly all waters of the United States,” said Crapo/ AP, Coeur d’Alene Press . More here .

Question: Do you support/oppose new federal rules protecting streams, tributaries, wetlands and drinking water?