( July 1, 2025, 11:06 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A drilling contractor and the owner and operator of a 700-mile natural gas pipeline that traverses multiple states argue in a June 30 response that a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Ohio asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the time frame to waive responses to proposed projects affecting state waters under the Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting application process and determine whether states lose their abilities to protect their waters if they fail to participate in the process is “profoundly unworthy of this Court’s review” and there is “no split authority to address” either question....