A federal judge in Kentucky has denied the state’s request to block the Biden administration’s new regulation redefining federally regulated “waters of the United States” from taking effect within the commonwealth.
In a March 31 decision, U.S. District Court Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove wrote that Kentucky and a group of construction and other business organizations lacked legal standing to bring the case. He stated that “the claimed financial and sovereignty injuries are too speculative to constitute injuries in fact.”