An industry coalition is renewing its push for a court order that would block implementation of the 2015 Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule nationwide, urging a federal district judge in Georgia to expand the scope of her current injunction barring implementation of the rule in 11 states to cover the entire United States. The Sept. 26 motion filed jointly […]
The waters of the United States saga continues, as the American Farm Bureau Federation asked a federal court in Georgia on Wednesday to issue a national injunction on the 2015 WOTUS rule. A series of ongoing court actions has left the rule in a state of chaos, as currently 28 states are exempted and […]
I was reminded that under the Obama Administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, it appears that the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would call the shots over much of Floyd County as well as other mountainous farmland areas. WOTUS covers lands such as dry branches, puddles, and areas that get […]
Gov. Kim Reynolds has successfully halted the enforcement of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule in Iowa. The U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota granted the governor’s request to stop the rule on Tuesday. “I am pleased the court granted my request to halt the WOTUS Rule in Iowa,” […]
A federal judge on Tuesday said Iowa may join states that have an injunction halting implementation of the 2015 Waters of the United States rule. In the order signed by Chief Judge Daniel Hovland, of the U.S. District Court of North Dakota, Iowa is allowed to enjoin injunction proceedings filed by 12 states and […]
Add Iowa to the list of now 28 states not under the jurisdiction of the 2015 waters of the United States rule thanks to a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota on Tuesday. Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds asked the court for the injunction after a series of […]
After the Texas attorney general’s office threatened to appeal to a higher court, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted a request for a temporary injunction on the implementation of the 2015 Waters of the United States, or WOTUS rule, in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana. The Texas court said its […]
A Texas court has issued an injunction against the 2015 waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule after the Texas attorney general’s office told the court it was ready to appeal to a higher court. As a result of a South Carolina court’s recent ruling, the rule was in effect in 26 states […]
A federal judge blocked implementation of the Obama-era Clean Water Rule yesterday in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Judge George Hanks Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled from the bench during a hearing on state and industry lawyers’ request to freeze the regulation, also known as the Waters of […]
Michigan’s Attorney General says he’s going to continue to fight the Waters of the U.S. Rule after it was reinstated in 26 states including Michigan. “We’ll continue to fight this because it’s wrong headed, it takes the absolutely wrong approach.” Bill Schutte tells Brownfield he and a group of state Attorneys General filed suit against […]