In First, Court Faults Obama-Era CWA Jurisdiction Rule, Orders Fixes

August 22, 2019
A federal court in Georgia has, for the first time, found the Obama-era Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule violates several aspects of the water law and administrative law, but rather than vacating the rule, the court is ordering officials to continue their plans to revise the rule “in light of the serious defects identified in this Order while leaving this Court’s existing preliminary injunction in place.” The Aug. 21 ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District...


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