Derrick Van Orden: “Those ponds that this dude dug will become navigable…”

“… nitrogen and phosphorus and everything out of the bottom so you lower your input costs for fertilizer. And it also prevents it from running into a creek. Well, guess what? Those ponds that this dude dug will become navigable waterways, which means that they are open to inspection by the federal government at any point without asking the landowner's permission. And they're also going to be able to regulate the snot on these things. So if you're talking about Portage county, There's areas like 85% of this county or the county, the agriculture section is going to be subject to these federal regulations.” (09:19–09:24)

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