House GOP's Release Of Critical CWA Memos Might Boost Suits Over Rule

July 31, 2015
House Republicans have released several Army Corps of Engineers memos circulated during the development of the Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule jointly developed with EPA where the Corps faults the legal and scientific basis for the then-pending rule, potentially boosting pending lawsuits that claim the rule is unlawful. The Corps memos , dated between April 24 and May 15, were part of the internal dialogue between EPA and the Corps in the run-up to signing the final CWA rule...


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