DTN writer Todd Neeley reported Tuesday that, “Add Iowa to the list of now 28 states not under the jurisdiction of the 2015 waters of the United States rule thanks to a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota on Tuesday.
“Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds asked the court for the injunction after a series of court rulings left Iowa on the list of states required to abide by WOTUS.
“A South Carolina court recently ruled EPA violated the Administrative Procedures Act in finalizing a suspension rule that delayed WOTUS until 2020. As a result, the 2015 rule took effect in Iowa and a number of other states.”
Mr. Neeley explained, “As a result of this latest ruling, WOTUS is now on hold in 28 states: Iowa, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Kentucky, South Dakota, Missouri, Alaska, North Dakota, New Mexico, Idaho, Arizona, Nebraska, Montana, Arkansas, Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming.
“The 2015 rule now is in effect in 22 states: Illinois, California, Washington, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Hawaii, Delaware and Connecticut.
“The North Dakota court is one of several district courts where WOTUS lawsuits were filed in 2015.”
