Judge: States’ Suit Against 2015 Clean Water Rule Mooted By New Rule

Mealey's (March 9, 2021, 3:47 PM EST) -- GALVESTON, Texas — After nearly six years of litigation and two administration changes, a Texas federal judge on March 2 dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit by three states challenging the Obama administration’s 2015 Clean Water Rule because the rule was repealed by the Trump administration in 2020....