U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and several of his Senate colleagues in welcoming the announcement that the EPA will work with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to review the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS).

As Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Boozman understands the challenges Arkansas farmers, ranchers and landowners experience when it comes to WOTUS. For years, the regulation has created uncertainty and confusion over diverted surface water and wetlands, negatively affecting agriculturalists and their businesses through permitting delays and property value decline.

Our farmers and ranchers want to maintain a safe and clean environment because their livelihoods depend on it. Unfortunately, WOTUS has made it impossible to make conservation-focused investments. The senator looks forward to continuing efforts to implement a commonsense policy.

Chairman Boozman joined Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Katie Britt (R-AL), as well as Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01), Representative Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-03), and Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall, for the announcement that the agency would work swiftly on a revised definition.

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