Federal Judge Denies Florida CWA 404 Program Stay Pending Appeal

A federal district court judge is rejecting Florida’s request to stay his ruling vacating EPA’s approval of the state’s Clean Water Act (CWA) section 404 dredge-and-fill permit program as it appeals his decision, finding the state failed to demonstrate that it is likely to suffer an irreparable injury without such a stay. In an April 23 memorandum opinion and order, Judge Randolph Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied Florida’s motion in Center for Biological...