Corps downplays impact of CWA rule repeal on 'adjacency' suit

July 26, 2017
The Army Corps of Engineers is sparring with an Alaska metalworking firm over whether EPA's proposed repeal of the 2015 Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule undermines regulators' use of a broad definition of which waters are considered “adjacent” and subject to the law, in a possible sign of how the repeal could affect ongoing cases. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is weighing competing letters in Universal Welding and Fabrication, Inc., v. Corps , where each...


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