Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Monday, June 29, challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) revision of the regulatory definition of “navigable waters” under the Clean Water Act, which expands its jurisdiction.
According to Paxton, “the EPA’s final rule, published today, is so broad and open to interpretation that everything from ditches and dry creek beds, to gullies, to isolated ponds formed after a big rain could be considered a “water of the United States.”
Joining Texas in the lawsuit are the states of Louisiana and Mississippi. To view the filing, please visit: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/files/2015/June/1%20-%20State's%20Complaint(1).pdf