Hoeven Joins WOTUS Listening Session, Working to Advance Rule that Protects Private Property Rights

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today joined a first-in-the-nation listening session with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Jess Kramer, hosted by Senator Kevin Cramer, on the EPA’s proposed “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) rule. The event comes as part of the official rulemaking process, giving North Dakotans the opportunity to provide direct feedback on this consequential regulation, which seeks to restore the traditional WOTUS definition to protect private property rights and respect the role of states in managing water resources within their borders. Specifically, rule will:
“Considering the tremendous impact the Obama and Biden-era WOTUS rules would have had on our state’s farmers, ranchers, energy producers and construction industry, it makes sense for the EPA to hold its first listening session on this new rule right here in North Dakota,” said Hoeven. “This is about protecting private property rights, pushing back on federal overreach and ensuring the EPA complies with the law. That means restricting WOTUS to navigable waters and not allowing federal authority to be expanded to areas like ditches, intermittent waters and other water resources that fall under the authority of state and local governments. That’s exactly what I’ve been working to achieve since I first led the effort to defund the expansion of WOTUS under the Obama administration.”
Today’s meeting follows Hoeven’s work to push back against regulatory overreach by the Biden and Obama administrations. His efforts include:
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