EPA At Odds With CWA Rule Critics Over Courts' Jurisdiction After Ruling

EPA is at odds with some state and industry critics of its Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule over whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit's decision that it has power to hear challenges to the regulation means other appellate and district court cases should end, or whether, as the critics claim, the other cases should proceed. The appellate court's Feb. 22 ruling was seen as creating fresh legal uncertainty for the fight over the rule,...