WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today welcomed passage of a bill expressing the Senate’s disapproval of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, which amounts to one of the largest federal land grabs in history. “The far-reaching WOTUS rule is a thinly veiled land... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) today launched a new interactive map on his website displaying South Dakota rivers, streams, wetlands, flood plains, and other waterways that could be under new federal regulation due to a proposed power-grab from the Obama administration. “The Obama EPA’s power-grab over small and seasonal... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) joined a number of his GOP colleagues in cosponsoring Senator John Barrasso’s (R-Wyoming) legislation to block a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expanding its authority to regulate small wetlands, creeks, stock ponds, and ditches under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined several of his Republican House and Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy regarding his opposition to the EPA’s efforts to expand its regulatory authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA). On March 25, 2014, the... Continue Reading
