Senate Committee adopts bill to block EPA rules over intrastate waters

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An Arizona Senate committee has passed a bill that would help block unilateral EPA rules over “nonnavigable intrastate waters or waterways.” The bill previously passed the full House, and on Wednesday, the Senate committee vote was 4-3.

Introduced by State Rep. Bob Thorpe (R-6) on Feb. 9, House Bill 2055 (HB2055) reads, in part:

The Governor of this state must approve and the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives must be notified of state use of personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer or cooperate with the changes proposed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

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