CBD Warns OMB Of Suit If CWA Rule Sidesteps Doubts On NEPA, Species

The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) at a recent meeting with Trump administration officials urged a full review of the environmental and endangered species impacts of its long-awaited Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction standard, and warned the group will sue if -- as appears likely -- regulators ignore those requests in the pending rule. CBD's government affairs director Brett Hartl told Inside EPA in a Sept. 13 interview that he had “a fairly engaged discussion” with officials from EPA...