High Court Urged To Prevent Administration Limiting CWA Ruling's Scope

April 17, 2015
A recycling firm is urging the Supreme Court to resolve an appellate split over whether agencies' Clean Water Act (CWA) “jurisdiction” determinations are subject to judicial review, fearing the administration might try to limit the scope of a first-time appellate ruling that granted review of the findings to the states covered by that appeals court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit's April 10 unanimous order in Hawkes Co., et al. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...


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