When the Scott administration brought those rule changes to a legislative oversight committee in May, the panel rejected them in a 5-3 party line vote. The Vermont Natural Resources Council threatened to sue if the Scott administration enacted the changes over lawmakers’ rebuke. After that, environmental groups, housing advocates and officials from the Agency of Natural Resources met to chart a path forward. “A wetland is a wetland, regardless of where it is,” said Sen. Seth Bongartz, D-Manchester, at a hearing on July 23. Now, the Agency of Natural Resources is moving forward with the latest rule changes despite lawmakers’ objections, according to Moore.