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Environmental

Jul. 7, 2015

States mount legal attack on Obama administration's attempt to regulate waterways

A coalition of states are going to court hoping to unravel a new EPA rule that they claim dramatically expands federal regulation of state waterways and wetlands.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A new Obama administration rule that aims to clear up confusion over what streams
and wetlands around the country are subject to federal protection now faces an uncertain
future as legal attacks to block the effort pour in.


Twenty-five states have filed three separate lawsuits challenging the legality of
what is bein...

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