The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new Clean Water Act rules were blocked in August by a federal judge in North Dakota. The EPA says the temporary injunction from U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson applies only to North Dakota and 12 other states (Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota and Wyoming). The EPA says it will continue to enforce the rule in the rest of the country. The North Dakota case is one of 10 cases pending across the country, affecting a total of 29 states.Designed to clear up confusion over various court rulings
