In Early Win For EPA, Judge Says WOTUS Rule ‘Faithfully’ Applies Sackett

In an early win for EPA’s defense of its redone rule defining “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), a federal judge has denied a property owner’s bid to quickly block the policy’s implementation, saying it “faithfully conforms” to the Supreme Court’s landmark Sackett decision on the key issue of defining “adjacent” wetlands. In a June 18 order in Robert White v. EPA, et al ., Judge Terrence W. Boyle, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...