Clean Water Rule: States, greens sue over Trump admin’s WOTUS delay
Source: Environment &Energy News, February 6, 2018 By: Ariel Wittenberg, E&E News Reporter
States led by Democrats and environmental groups filed lawsuits today challenging the Trump administration over its two-year delay of the Clean Water Rule.
Both lawsuits accuse U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers of exceeding their statutory authority under the Clean Water Act and Administrative Procedure Act.