On October 9, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Corps of Engineers Waters of the United States Rule.   That rule reportedly would expand Clean Water Act permitting, enforcement, testing and other requirements to a new group of ditches; buffers to rivers, streams, and wetlands; floodplains, and other areas.   The Sixth Circuit held that the group challenging the rule – which included a number of state and local governments including Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama – has a “substantial possibility” of prevailing on the merits, specifically regarding two new buffer thresholds added to the rule just… Read more