(NewsDakota.com/NDAgConnection.com) – State leaders in North Dakota are praising a recent Supreme Court ruling which gives more clarity to farmers and ranchers in the state.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Environmental Protection Agency went too far in a case against Michael and Chantell Sackett from Idaho. The couple began backfilling their property to begin building a home nearly 20 years ago, but the EPA said that because the Sackett’s property contained a wetland, the move violated the Clean Water Act. The organization also threatened the couple with fines of over $40,000 per day. North Dakota was one of 24 states joining a lawsuit against the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, seeking to declare the Waters of the US rule unlawful.