EPA Invokes ‘Good Cause’ to Avoid Public Comment on Waters Rule

The EPA will hear public feedback only after the agency revises its new federal waters rule to account for the Supreme Court’s May Sackett v. EPA wetlands ruling, an agency official said Thursday.

House Republicans accused the Environmental Protection Agency at a hearing Thursday of potentially sidestepping the ruling and trying to retain federal jurisdiction over as many wetlands as possible, keeping the public in the dark in the process.

The EPA will revise its 2023 waters of the US, or WOTUS, rule by Sept. 1 to remove its legal basis—the significant nexus test, which the Supreme Court struck down—Radhika ...