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WOTUS lawsuits consolidated
EPA’s Gina McCarthy says this water left in channel on Bill Heffernan’s upland Missouri farm (2014) won’t be regulated
A dozen lawsuits against the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers on its Clean Water rule – formerly named Waters of the U.S. – have been consolidated. A report by Agri-Pulse says the EPA and Corps asked to have the petitions grouped together and a judicial panel agreed.
The 6th Circuit Court – which covers parts of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee – will hear the cases.
The suits were filed by environmental groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council that want a stronger rule – and, the American Farm Bureau along with quite a few state governments that say the rule goes too far and want it narrowed.
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