Faulting Court Ruling, Florida Seeks Stay Of 404 Vacatur Pending Appeal

Florida officials are urging a federal district court to stay its decision vacating EPA’s approval of the state’s Clean Water Act (CWA) section 404 permit program as it appeals the court’s underlying ruling, charging that the lower court’s decision conflicts with previous appellate rulings and raises serious legal questions. Florida filed an April 16 motion asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to quickly stay its vacatur order in Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), et al., v....