Trump Order Will Force CWA Rule Revision Using Narrower Jurisdiction Test

President Donald Trump is poised to sign an executive order (EO) that will direct EPA to rewrite the contested Obama-era Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule using the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's narrower test for determining jurisdiction rather than the broader test from Justice Anthony Kennedy that the Obama EPA relied on. Excerpts from a draft version of the order , first obtained by Axios , would direct EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to begin the...