Industry Coalition Claims Final CWA Jurisdiction Rule Violates Due Process

A major industry coalition including the agriculture, mining, petroleum, and other sectors is suing EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers over their joint Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule, claiming it violates Due Process rights under the Constitution because the rule is unlawfully vague and will lead to “arbitrary enforcement.” In a lawsuit filed July 2 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas' Galveston Division, the organizations seek vacatur of the rule and an...