07/01/15   Arkansas Among Those Asking To Block New Clean Water Regulations

Arkansas and a dozen other states are asking a federal judge in North  Dakota to block new federal clean-water regulations The lawsuit filed Monday, names the U-S Environmental Protections Agency and the U-S Corps of Engineers as defendants. In the filing, Arkansas' Attorney General, Leslie Rutledge and other Attorney's General argue the new rule “unlawfully expands the agency's jurisdiction over state land and water resources beyond the limits established  by Congress under the Clean Water Act. During her campaign for the Attorney General's job...Rutledge said she'd fight the overreach of federal government, including the EPA.

Rutledge was quoted as saying in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette  that this rule from the EPA and the Corps goes beyond the intent of Congress under the Clean Water Act and will negatively impact Arkansas' agriculture community, a community that accounts for one in every six jobs across the state.