EPA Plans To Resolve Jurisdiction 'Grandfathering' In Final 'Waters' Rule

EPA says it will use its final Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule to resolve how to address "grandfathering" of waters that the Army Corps of Engineers has already deemed non-jurisdictional under the law, with industry urging EPA and the Corps to continue exempting such waters from the CWA's scope in the agencies' final joint rule. Gautam Srinivasan of EPA's Office of General Counsel told a Nov. 17 legal conference that EPA has received comments on the grandfathering issue and...