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Federal judge blocks new EPA water-protection rule in Georgia and 23 other states

Pictured is the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. A federal district court judge has temporarily blocked a new rule in 24 states about what water bodies the federal government can regulate, which would include many tributaries and streams as well as “adjacent wetlands." In the case of Georgia, tributaries would include the Tallulah River, Sweetwater Creek and Peachtree Creek. Adjacent wetlands would include portions of the Chickasawhatchee Swamp in Southwest Georgia and Peters Bay near Lakeland in South Georgia. (REBECCA GRAPEVINE/Capitol Beat News)

Chattahoochee River — Pictured is the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. A federal district court judge has temporarily blocked a new rule in 24 states about what water bodies the federal government can regulate, which would include many tributaries and streams as well as “adjacent wetlands." In the case of Georgia, tributaries would include the Tallulah River, Sweetwater Creek and Peachtree Creek. Adjacent wetlands would include portions of the Chickasawhatchee Swamp in Southwest Georgia and Peters Bay near Lakeland in South Georgia. (REBECCA GRAPEVINE/Capitol Beat News)

ATLANTA — A federal district court judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked the operation of a new federal rule in 24 states about what water bodies the federal government can regulate.

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