On June 18, the United States Supreme Court released its opinion in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, which held that the Trump Administrations attempt to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was arbitrary and capricious, and therefore failed.

DNR moves to issue its new high capacity well application review process as guidance, a procedure that does not provide nearly the same protections as rulemaking.