Mealey's (September 9, 2015, 8:38 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Aug. 26 told the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) that replies and oppositions to a Clean Water Rule multidistrict litigation and subsequent developments only support centralization of cases before one federal judge in one district (In Re: Clean Water Rule; Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’, MDL Docket No. 2663, JPMDL).

(United States MDL brief available. Document #95-150910-020B.)

Since filing its motion in July, the United States says one district court lawsuit challenging the Clean Water Rule...