More states request delay of WOTUS rule

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joined with 30 other states in requesting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delay the effective date of the new rule defining “Waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. The rule is currently set to go into effect on Aug. 28. The states request the rule not be implemented for a period of at least nine months in order to give the courts time to review the legal challenges to the rule. Across the country, this new rule is being challenged in at least 10 separate complaints filed by 72 plaintiffs in 8 federal district courts. Read more at USAgNet…