Federal judge blocks WOTUS rule in Texas

A federal judge in Galveston has granted an injunction blocking the Biden administration’s Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule from taking effect, but only in Texas and Idaho. The WOTUS rule went into effect on this past Monday for all other states and significantly expands federal jurisdiction over waters such as ephemeral streams and small wetlands. It also uses the “significant nex...

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