Industry Groups Urge Full 6th Circuit To Review Ruling Taking CWA Cases

摘要

Groups representing the manufacturing, farming and many other sectors are seeking review by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit of a three-judge panel's divided ruling that said the court has power to hear suits over EPA's Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule, saying the ruling risks creating a "procedural morass" in the lawsuits. A coalition of petitioners including the National Association of Manufacturers, American Farm Bureau Federation, American Road & Transportation Builders Association and others filed a Feb. 29 petition for en bane review in Murray Energy, et al. v. EPA, et al. that says the court should hold full briefing and oral argument on which court should hear suits over the rule.