JMI: EPA’s new Waters of the U.S. rule threatens to ‘micromanage’ property owners
According to a new report released by the conservative James Madison Institute Wednesday, new federal regulations set to be implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency at month’s end could be a threat to the property rights of Floridians. The study, entitled “‘Waters of the U.S.’: A Case Study in Government Abuse,” comes as the EPA prepares to enforce new rules designed to clarify protections set forth in the 1972 Clean Water Act. The JMI report, authored by attorneys M. Reed Hopper and Mark Miller,…