Fearing High Court Ruling, EPA Proposes Two-Year Delay For CWA Rule

EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are proposing to retroactively delay the 2015 Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule's effective date into 2019 or beyond, in order to avoid having to apply the Obama-era policy they are seeking to repeal, if a Supreme Court ruling dissolves a nationwide stay blocking the rule's implementation. Under a proposed rule posted online Nov. 16 ahead of publication in the Federal Register , the 2015 regulation would not take effect for another two...