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Washington leads lawsuit against EPA for gutting Clean Water Act regulations

New Trump EPA rule undermines Washington’s ability to regulate water pollution

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a federal lawsuit today against the Trump Administration for attempting to dismantle key environmental protections within the Clean Water Act. The new regulation undermines Washington’s right to keep its rivers, lakes and coastal waters clean by handcuffing the state’s ability to police a wide range of water pollution and related environmental damage.

AG Ferguson vows to fight Trump Administration’s continued rollbacks of nation’s environmental protections

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today issued the following statement after President Trump announced sweeping and unjustified revisions to longstanding environmental review processes under the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA — a move that undermines public health and the environment and conflicts with federal law. President Nixon signed NEPA into law in 1970 after it passed Congress with bipartisan support.

President Trump announced the rollbacks today at a UPS facility in Atlanta.

AG Ferguson lawsuit: ICE’s international student rule violates the law, risks public health and jeopardizes up to one billion dollars in economic activity in Washington state

Washington state international students spend approximately $1 billion annually in tuition and day-to-day spending

*  This release has been updated with the filing of the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, and includes a link to the complaint.