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  1. September 09, 2019

    Businesses Want Obama-Era Clean Water Rule Scrapped

    A coalition of business groups have urged a Georgia federal judge to vacate entirely an Obama-era rule broadening the definition of navigable waters under the Clean Water Act, saying her previous order sending the rule back to the government for review doesn't go far enough.

  2. August 21, 2019

    Obama-Era Clean Water Act Change Deemed Unlawful, Again

    A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday said a rule the Obama administration put forth in 2015 to broaden the reach of the Clean Water Act can't pass legal muster, marking the second time a federal judge has said the government must revisit the regulation.

  3. October 10, 2018

    Enviros Ask Ga. Court To Uphold EPA, Army Corps Water Rule

    Environmental groups on Wednesday asked a Georgia federal court to uphold the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' highly contested Clean Water Rule and dissolve an injunction barring the agencies from implementing the rule.

  4. June 11, 2018

    Ga., 10 Others Win Injunction Over Clean Water Act Rule

    Georgia and 10 other states won a preliminary injunction in Georgia federal court Friday barring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from implementing the highly contested Waters of the United States rule, which they allege is overly broad.

  5. September 10, 2015

    States Won't Drop Bid To Enjoin EPA Clean Water Act Rule

    Florida and 10 other states will appeal to the Eleventh Circuit a Georgia federal court's denial of their preliminary injunction bid in a suit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new rule clarifying the scope of the Clean Water Act, according to a notice filed on Wednesday.

  6. August 27, 2015

    Injunction Denied In States' Suit Over Clean Water Act

    A Georgia federal judge on Thursday denied Florida and 10 other states' preliminary injunction bid in a suit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new rule clarifying the scope of the Clean Water Act, saying only an appellate court can hear the rule challenge.

  7. June 30, 2015

    Fla., Others Sue EPA, Corps Over Clean Water Act Expansion

    Florida and eight other states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers challenging a rule that clarifies which waterways fall under federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, arguing that the rule would supplant the states' constitutional rights to govern their own waters.

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