Justices Urged To Review CWA Citizen Suit’s Scope To Enforce State Limits

Industry groups and GOP states are urging the Supreme Court to review an appellate ruling that they say expands the scope of Clean Water Act (CWA) citizen suits allowing plaintiffs to enforce state permit provisions that are more stringent than federal rules, warning that the decision creates a circuit split and distorts the water law’s statutory language. If the high court agrees to hear the case, Port of Tacoma, et al., v. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance , it will be the...