States, environmentalists file suits over CWA rule delay

February 6, 2018
Environmental groups and 11 Democratic-led states are suing EPA over its just-enacted two-year delay of the Obama-era Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule, with the filings in separate district courts setting up a new round of parallel litigation that could produce a host of contradictory decisions on whether the delay is legal. A group of 11 state attorneys general (AGs) and a separate coalition of 10 environmental groups filed suits against EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers on Feb...


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