Delegating CWA Permit Powers Could Aid Weakening Of Jurisdiction Rule

The Trump administration could permanently weaken federal authority to regulate wetlands regardless of the fate of the Obama EPA's controversial Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule by delegating dredge-and-fill permitting to states and removing direct federal power over many waters subject to the rule, an industry attorney says. “I think there's people in the incoming Trump administration who see this as a very good strategy, because in their view once something is delegated to the states it never comes back...