A4 Opinion wallowa.com August 12, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain Corps gives plaintiffs a hand on WOTUS P ODLQWLIIVZKRKDYH¿OHGVXLWWREORFNWKH implementation of new rules from the (QYLURQPHQWDO3URWHFWLRQ$JHQF\DQGWKH&RUSVRI (QJLQHHUVGH¿QLQJ³ZDWHUVRIWKH8QLWHG6WDWHV´WKDWFDQ EHUHJXODWHGXQGHUWKH&OHDQ:DWHU$FWJRWDELJERRVW ODVWZHHN $QGLWORRNVDVWKRXJK WKH\FDQWKDQNWKH(3$ EDITORIAL (3$DQGWKH&RUSVKDYH The voice of the Chieftain EHHQZRUNLQJRQWKHUXOH for a couple of years now LQWKHKRSHVRIUHFRQFLOLQJWZRVHSDUDWH6XSUHPH&RXUW GHFLVLRQVRQFDVHVLQYROYLQJWKH&OHDQ:DWHU$FW 6LQFHWKHEHJLQQLQJIDUPDQGUDQFKJURXSVKDYHVDLG WKHQHZUXOHZRXOGH[SDQGWKH(3$¶VDXWKRULW\WRFRYHU HYHU\WKLQJXSWRDQGLQFOXGLQJPXGG\KRRISULQWV 6RWKH\DQGWKHDWWRUQH\VJHQHUDORIVHYHUDOVWDWHV KDYH¿OHGVHSDUDWHODZVXLWVWRVWRSWKHLPSOHPHQWDWLRQRI WKHUHFHQWO\UHOHDVHGGUDIWUXOH 7XUQVRXWWKH$UP\&RUSVRI(QJLQHHUVGRHVQ¶WWKLQN much of the rules, either, at least the way the EPA wrote WKHP,QPHPRVZULWWHQE\WKH&RUSVWRWKH(3$EHIRUH WKHUXOHZDVUHOHDVHGWKH&RUSVDOOHJHV ‡7KDWLQZULWLQJWKHUXOHWKH(3$LJQRUHGVRXQG VFLHQFHDQGLJQRUHGWKH&RUSV¶LQSXWWRVXFKDQH[WHQW WKDWLWGRHVQ¶WFRQVLGHUWKHUXOHWKHFROODERUDWLRQWKH SXEOLVKHGGUDIWFODLPVWREH • That the rule removes Clean Water Act protection IURPVRPHERGLHVRIZDWHUZKHUHLWLVQRZHQIRUFHG 7KDW¶VEHFDXVHWKHUXOHOLPLWVFRYHUDJHWRODNHVSRQGV DQGRWKHUZDWHUZD\VWKDWDUHZLWKLQIHHWRID QDYLJDEOHZDWHURUWULEXWDU\7KH&RUSVVD\VWKHUH¶VQR VFLHQWL¿FEDVLVIRUWKHOLPLWDQGQROHJDODXWKRULW\IRUWKH DJHQFLHVWRDEDQGRQLWVFXUUHQWMXULVGLFWLRQ ‡7KDWEHFDXVHWKH(3$DFNQRZOHGJHGWKDW DEDQGRQLQJMXULVGLFWLRQFRXOGFUHDWH³VLJQL¿FDQWDGYHUVH HIIHFWVRQWKHKXPDQHQYLURQPHQW´WKH1DWLRQDO Environmental Policy Act requires the Corps to perform DQ(QYLURQPHQWDO,PSDFW6WDWHPHQW ‡7KDWZKLOHWKHUXOHHQYLVLRQVWKHDJHQFLHVH[WHQGLQJ UHJXODWLRQWRLVRODWHGERGLHVRIZDWHUWKDWKDYHD ³VLJQL¿FDQWQH[XV´ZLWKQDYLJDEOHZDWHUVRIWKH8QLWHG 6WDWHVWKHGH¿QLWLRQVRIVXFKERGLHVDVKDYLQJ³QR K\GURORJLFDOFRQQHFWLRQZLWKQDYLJDEOHZDWHUV´PDNHV LWXQOLNHO\WKHDJHQFLHVZLOOEHDEOHWRHVWDEOLVKDQH[XV WKDWZLOOZLWKVWDQGDFRXUWFKDOOHQJH 7KH&RUSVLWVHHPVKDVIRXQGWKDWWKH(3$GRHVQ¶W OLVWHQWRDQ\RQHDQGGRHVZKDWHYHULWZDQWV:KDWD surprise. ,WZLOOWDNHDZKLOHIRUDOOWKLVWRSOD\RXWLQWKHFRXUWV DQGLW¶VXQFOHDUZKDWLPSDFWWKH&RUSV¶PHPRVZLOOKDYH on the cases. %XWLWFDQRQO\EHDJRRGWKLQJIRUSODLQWLIIVZKHQRQH RIWKHGHIHQGDQWVPDNHVWKHLUFDVH Correction Rumors of a possible impending visit to Justice William O. Douglas at his summer home by President Franklin D. Roosevelt could not have been reported in the Chieftain’s Aug. 2, 1945, issue, an alert reader of our weekly Out of the Past column pointed out. FDR died in April 1945. It turns out that all the material presented under the 1945 date in last week’s column was actually from August 1944. The Chief- tain regrets the error. USPS No. 665-100 P.O. Box 338 • Enterprise, OR 97828 OI¿Fe 29 1W )irst 6t., Enterprise, Ore. 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