NAHB Supports GOP Efforts to Halt WOTUS Rulemaking Pending Supreme Court Decision
In a move supported by NAHB, all 50 Republican senators have signed onto a letter to request that the Environmental Protection Agency halt its “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rulemaking while the Supreme Court considers a case brought by Idaho couple Chantell and Mike Sackett on the Clean Water Act (CWA).
The Sackett case’s focus on legality of the “significant nexus” standard used by federal regulators to assert federal jurisdiction over any non-navigable, isolated, wetlands and even intermittent and ephemeral streams and ditches could have major implications for the CWA’s permitting and enforcement programs.
The letter states that “proceeding with the rulemaking at this time, despite the pending litigation and potential influential verdict, will only deepen uncertainty within the regulated community.”