Source: OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW BLOG, 2/26/18


On January 22, 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in National Assoc. of Manufacturers v. Department of Defense that federal district courts have original jurisdiction to hear challenges to the 2015 Obama Administration Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule which defined the extent of federal jurisdiction over streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act.  After the ruling, the Trump Administration was concerned that the 2015 WOTUS Rule may be effective before it completes it's own process to remove the rule and promulgate its own rule defining the extent of federal jurisdiction over waters in the United States.  

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