The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled on the Sackett v EPA case yesterday regarding the definition of waters of the United States (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Topline takeaways are as follows: this does not per se change the EPA’s latest WOTUS rule which took effect in March 2023, but it does undermine a key principle on what that regulation was based. So as WPI noted on 3 January 2023 shortly after EPA published the final WOTUS rule the month before: “The case could upend the new WOTUS rule, ….” Another key point in that regard, the Court’s decision was unanimous. That’s unlike the Court decision on California’s Proposition 12 which was 5-4. H...
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