EPA Pushes Back On Claims Of Conflicting CWA Judicial Review Positions

April 8, 2016
EPA is pushing back on some states' claims that the agency's opposition to full appellate court review of a panel decision giving the court power to hear suits over EPA's Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule conflicts with the agency's position in a 2013 Supreme Court petition, saying the two cases raise different legal questions. In an April 8 letter to the appellate court, EPA says that the CWA jurisdiction decision merely rests on prior 6th Circuit precedent and...


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