EPA Urges District Court To Cede CWA Jurisdiction Rule Suits To 6th Circuit

摘要

EPA is urging a North Dakota federal district court to dismiss a pending challenge to its Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit announced it will review the policy, signaling arguments it is likely to make in trying to end other district court cases to avoid the "chaos" of multiple lawsuits. In a March 3 brief filed on the agency's behalf with the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, the Department of Justice (DOJ) says the 6th Circuit decision claiming jurisdiction over the CWA rule challenges means district judges no longer have authority to hear parallel suits even if they disagree with the appellate court.