States' Suits Claim EPA 'Waters' Rule Violates Federal Laws, Constitution

June 30, 2015
Story Updated At least 14 states have filed three separate lawsuits in federal district courts over EPA's Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule claiming it violates the water law, the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Constitution --- among the first of what are expected to be multiple challenges to the rule filed in various venues and citing differing legal claims. Ohio and Michigan filed their suit , The State of Ohio, et al. v....

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