Environmentalists Charge States’ WOTUS Suit Seeks To Go Beyond Sackett

Environmentalists, who are intervening in support of EPA’s defense of its “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rules, are urging a federal court to reject state and industry summary judgment motions, charging that the plaintiffs’ claims are “meritless” and only speculate on the revised rule’s application, and that the suit is aimed at going beyond what the high court already ruled in Sackett v. EPA . Bayou City Waterkeeper, represented by Earthjustice, filed an April 16 combined motion for summary...