D.C. Federal Judge: It’s Too Late To Revert Clean Water Act Permit Program

(September 6, 2023, 8:41 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seven environmental groups are not entitled to summary judgment on one of their claims that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when it approved Florida’s application to oversee a Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting program in December 2020 because the groups effectively sought to transfer the program back to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which would not be feasible given how much time has passed, a Florida federal judge found in denying the groups’ renewed motion for partial summary judgment....