EPA Cites 11th Circuit CWA Suit Order In Bid To Dismiss 10th Circuit Case

August 19, 2016
EPA is citing an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit halting litigation over the agency's Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule pending a decision in a 6th Circuit case over the regulation as justification for its call for the 10th Circuit to uphold a lower court ruling that dismissed yet another challenge to the rule. “The way to avoid 'eating up time and money' in unnecessary litigation is to affirm the district court's judgment,” Department...


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