New Clean Water Rule Finalized; EPA, Army Corps Notify Supreme Court

Mealey's (January 10, 2023, 4:02 PM EST) -- The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have notified the U.S. Supreme Court and various federal district courts that the agencies have finalized a rule “establishing a durable definition of ‘waters of the United States’ (WOTUS),” a development that prompted Colorado to dismiss its lawsuit against the Trump administration’s version of the rule and one that the federal government hopes will influence a pending Supreme Court ruling attempting to define how the EPA enforces the Clean Water Act....