Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM. High Court Curbs EPA's Clean Water Act Jurisdiction, Reducing Definition of US Waters
A fractured decision from the justices reins in the EPA's regulation of wetlands.
May 25, 2023 at 04:18 PM
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United States Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday reined in the Environmental Protection Agency's broad regulation of wetlands, saying the agency's statutory authority to prevent pollution of "waters of the United States" generally does not extend to entities that feed those waterways.
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