EPA Sidesteps Merits Argument In First-Time Defense Of Obama CWA Rule

EPA is refusing to take sides in court on the merits of its 2015 Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule, urging a federal judge to put challenges to the regulation on hold as it weighs a repeal but adding that if the suit does continue it will defend only the procedure the Obama administration used to craft its signature clean water policy. “The Agencies have proposed the repeal of the 2015 Rule and are actively reconsidering many of the substantive...