ID HJM013

Idaho Legislature affirms the Supreme Court's 2023 Sackett v. EPA decision, which limits Clean Water Act jurisdiction to wetlands with continuous surface connections to relatively permanent, standing, or continuously flowing waters like streams, rivers, and lakes.

EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are urged to immediately implement Sackett standards and formally recognize that intermittent and ephemeral streams are not "waters of the United States" subject to federal jurisdiction.

Federal agencies are called upon to rescind pre-Sackett guidance, training materials, and field manuals, and provide updated materials and training for EPA Region 10 personnel operating in Idaho.

Idaho's congressional delegation is urged to support legislation codifying Sackett standards in the Clean Water Act and creating oversight mechanisms to prevent agencies from reintroducing overturned standards.

Memorial cites harm to Idaho's agriculture, housing, transportation, energy, forestry, mining, and water infrastructure from federal agencies' continued assertion of jurisdiction over stockwater ponds, ditches, and canals.