(March 19, 2024, 1:54 PM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — In denying a motion for a preliminary injunction filed by 11 states and several private parties, a Louisiana federal judge found that the group failed to establish a likelihood of success on the merits of their claim that the Environmental Protection Agency’s new Clean Water Act (CWA) rule governing water quality certification procedures was being impermissibly applied retroactively....