NSSGA: Proposed rule would cost producers immensely

NSSGA President and CEO Michael Johnson released a statement expressing concern over a proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule extending federal jurisdiction over large swaths of land that would be classified as “waters of the U.S.” According to NSSGA, this proposed rule would overstep Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court by removing the significance of “navigable” from the Clean Water Act. The association adds that the rule would impose “immense costs” on U.S. aggregates operations.

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