( October 6, 2025, 2:46 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 6 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the state of Ohio that asked for clarification of the time frame to waive responses to proposed projects affecting state waters under the Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting application process and a determination regarding whether states lose their abilities to protect their waters if they fail to participate in the process....