Make your voice heard: Ask Sen. Klobuchar and Sen. Franken to stop WOTUS

Unless farmers, landowners and other concerned citizens act now, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule is set to go into effect on Aug. 28.

As most readers know, the new WOTUS rule dramatically expands the definition of what constitutes a water of the United States under the federal Clean Water Act. Ditches, ponds and low areas of a field that only contain moisture for a few days out of the year could be subject to permit requirements under the Clean Water Act if WOTUS is implemented.

That means farmers applying fertilizer, using pest control products or just moving dirt may be required to obtain a federal permit.

MCGA’s friends at the Minnesota Farm Bureau have set up an easy-to-use electronic messaging system to contact Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Al Franken and ask them to support S.1140, which is legislation that would withdraw and re-work EPA’s flawed WOTUS rule.

The implementation of WOTUS can still be stopped through congressional action, but it’s up to farmers to make their voices heard on the issue. Legislation to pull the WOTUS rule has already passed in the House, but not the Senate. That’s why your voice is needed. Contact Klobuchar and Franken today.

Unless farmers, landowners and other concerned citizens act now, the WOTUS rule is set to go into effect on Aug. 28, 2015.

The Minnesota Corn Growers Association is asking members and anyone who is concerned about regulation overreach by the EPA to stand up and speak out against WOTUS.

For more information on WOTUS and the negative impact it would have on Minnesota corn farmers, go to http://ditchtherule.fb.org/. And don’t forget to tell Klobuchar and Franken to “ditch the rule” and support S.1140 to put a stop to WOTUS.