EPA, Democratic States Urge Judge To Reject Stay Of CWA 401 Rule Vacatur

EPA and a group of Democratic-led states are urging a federal judge to reject a request from the oil and gas sector to restore the Trump-era Clean Water Act (CWA) water quality certification rule by staying his vacatur of the measure pending appeal, arguing industry has failed to show irreparable harm from the vacatur. Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California gave no indication during a brief Dec. 2 remote hearing how he...