Industry groups are calling on the Supreme Court to restrict executive agencies' authority to determine their own jurisdiction in a pending administrative law case, saying a favorable ruling for the petitioners would rein in EPA's controversial efforts to define the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA) through guidance or rulemaking. A push by EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers "to expand their Clean Water Act jurisdiction to cover vast swaths of land illustrates the consequences of agency efforts to expand the sweep of their authority.
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