Sturds. You talk about the epa doesnt intend to regulate every ditch. We look at actual implementation of the rule. The district exemption appears to leave some room. Heres my question. Is the ditch exemption automatically given if a business, farmer or local government believes its exempt or do they have to prove its exempt. The way in which the law works is that if there is a question that youre going to be destroying or absolute pollutin might be a water. From the epa . Know the landowner their activity would be doing that. On their private land. On their private land or elsewhere then that question is raised by that landowner and they ask the appropriate questions. That usually and often goes to usda or others in field visits way through. But its not, were not changing the dynamic of how the rule has been how the guidance has end lets take worse Case Scenario. Worse Case Scenario some farmer ends up, somebody somehow says hes not in compliance and he muse do x, y and z. With the wa
T the Supreme Court halted implementation of the power plan until legal challenges against it are resolved in the courts. Some members a discussed the flint, michigan, water contamination crisis. This is three hours. Ive asked mike bosh to open with a prayer. Dear heavenly father, we thank you so much for the we opportunity to serve this great nation. Lord, we thank you for the res freedoms that we have. Make we thank you that you have blessed up as you have with thee rich resources and the ability to use those to make the world a better place. Lord, guide us and direct us, give us wisdom through this hearing. We ask all this in jesus name, amen. Thank you, michael. I want to thank you m administrator mccarthy for being here this morning. The appreciate you being here. Y theres a reason, a top issue for nearly every member of our ag committee is related to the n regulatory agenda for the Environmental Protection agency. Many members of this committee believe the agenda has been absent
And an Unlikely Partnership in one of the most isolated places on the planet. Hello, well have all your sport including the French Football Team prepared to play their first game since the paris attacks. Well hear from their captain later this news hour. Hello there, a warm welcome to the program. The french president Francois Hollande wants a coalition with the u. S. And russia to destroy the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. The state of emergency in paris could be extend ford three months. They are on the hunt for a man believed to be involved in the paris attacks. His brother was among those arrested and then released. They carried out 168 overnight raids. Earlier people across france and europe held a minute of silence to remember the 129 victims. Neave barker has the story now from paris. In the grand Congress Room of the palace of versailles, members of the upper and lower houses of parliament sing the national anthem. [singing] rare moment in french politics for extraordina
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