EPA Drops Bid To Revive CWA Rule Delay, Cementing National ‘Patchwork’

EPA has voluntarily withdrawn its appeals of federal district court rulings striking down its delay of the Obama-era Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule, cementing for now a nationwide “patchwork” of regulations on the law’s scope that will persist until the White House finalizes a policy to repeal or replace the 2015 jurisdiction rule. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers filed motions on March 8 to voluntarily dismiss their two pending appeals of cases where district judges struck down...