EPA and Corps of Engineers Issue Repeal of 2015 WOTUS Rule
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On October 22, the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers published a final rule repealing the 2015 Clean Water rule that defined “waters of the United States.” The new rule specifies that it is effective 60 days after its publication, which will be December 23, 2019. It is expected that litigation challenging the decision will begin very shortly. It is also expected that parties challenging this new decision will ask for a stay of the decision, so that it will not go into effect on the designated date.
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