Industry FOIA Request Seeks ‘Internal’ EPA Guidance Amid WOTUS Concerns

A coalition of industry groups has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking copies of documents relating to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and EPA’s implementation of their amended final “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule, amid concerns that internal guidance implements the rule contrary to the Supreme Court’s direction in Sackett . The Waters Advocacy Coalition (WAC), a broad coalition representing a range of industrial and municipal dischargers, sent a March 12 FOIA request to...