New Developments in the Ongoing Debate Concerning Clean Water Act Jurisdiction over Indirect Discharges via Groundwater -
In response to a split in the federal circuit courts of appeals and after a long history of...more
In a rebuke to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”), the United States Supreme Court unanimously held on May 31, 2016, in Corps v. Hawkes that jurisdictional determinations (“JDs”) under the Clean Water Act are...more
On July 6, 2015, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit unanimously rejected a challenge brought by agricultural and builder groups to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay...more
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/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Agricultural Land ,
Chesapeake Bay ,
Chevron Deference ,
Clean Water Act ,
Compliance ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Farm Bureau ,
Farms ,
Industrial Discharges ,
Municipalities ,
NPDES ,
Sediment Control ,
TMDL ,
Wastewater ,
Watershed
On May 27, 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) jointly released a final rule (the “Clean Water Rule”) redefining the scope of their shared jurisdiction under...more