The Driller Newscast correspondent Brock Yordy has hosted weeks of discussions about the Sackett vs. EPA case before the U.S. Supreme Court. I encourage you to watch or listen to his commentary and expert interviews. Arguments have begun and they could have wide implications for how we regulate subsurface water.
First, a primer. A family called the Sacketts bought property near Priest Lake, Idaho, in 2007, secured local permits and started building a home. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered work to stop, calling their property a wetland associated with nearby navigable waters under EPA jurisdiction as “waters of the U.S.”