CBD Urges Appeals Court To Affirm Vacatur Of Florida 404 Program

The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) is urging a federal appeals court to affirm a lower court ruling that vacated EPA’s Trump-era approval of Florida’s Clean Water Act (CWA) 404 permitting program, in a case that marks an important legal test as other states weigh plans to seek similar authority over dredge-and-fill permits. CBD filed a Nov. 1 appellee and cross-appellant brief in the suit CBD, et al., v. EPA, et al. , in the U.S. Court of Appeals for...