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Non-ag entities join Nebraska’s water rule fight

Several non-agricultural organizations have joined a coalition of Nebraska farm groups to protest the proposed expansion of the Clean Water Act.

Larry Dix with the Nebraska Association of County Officials says the EPA’s rule would create bureaucratic headaches for county officials.

“We looked at the proposed regulation and we believe that through normal maintenance—through the maintenance of our roadways—any time that we would have to go into the ditch to clear out vegetation or anything of that nature, it would require us to get a Corps of Engineers—a federal permit—in order to do that,” Dix says. “Now you can imagine the delays that that would create.”

Among the other “non-ag” organizations joining the “Common Sense Nebraska” coalition are the Nebraska Golf Course Superintendents Association and the State Home Builders Association.

The coalition was formed by Nebraska Farm Bureau and groups representing most of the state’s major ag commodities.

The Nebraska Radio Network contributed to this report.

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