Clean Water Act, Chevron Deference, Waters of the United States

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The Clean Water Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1972 to reduce levels of toxic substances in the nation's water supply and to prevent high levels of new contamination. The CWA seeks to accomplish its stated goals by preventing point and nonpoint pollution sources, assisting wastewater treatment facilities and maintaining wetlands. less -

Confronting Regulatory Fluidity in the Post-Maui and Post-Sackett World of Water Regulation

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/26/2024

Both regulators and the regulated community must remain alert to accommodate the constantly changing regulatory scheme created in the post-Sackett world. The application of Maui and Sackett in recent months confirms the...more

How the Sackett Decision Changed the Chevron Doctrine

McGlinchey Stafford on 7/19/2023

The Chevron doctrine is one of the most important principles of administrative law in the United States. It states that when a federal statute is ambiguous, courts should defer to the reasonable interpretation of the agency...more

SCOTUS Whacks WOTUS, Reducing Protection of American Wetlands

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/21/2023

In Sackett v. EPA, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a massive blow to EPA's ability to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act ("CWA"). Addressing the "nagging question" about the reaches of the CWA, Justice Alito, joined...more

2023 WOTUS Rule Enjoined in Texas and Idaho (Or “Here We Go Again”)

(ACOEL) | American College of Environmental... on 3/28/2023

On March 19, 2023, a federal district court in Texas granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting the January 2023 Revised Definition of Waters of the United States (2023 WOTUS rule) promulgated by Environmental Protection...more

More Evidence that Chevron Is Not a Liberal Plot

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 12/2/2019

November 26, 2019, Judge William Young ruled that discharges to groundwater are not subject to Clean Water Act jurisdiction, even if they ultimately reach surface waters that are unambiguously waters of the United States. He...more

Environmental Case Law Update

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 10/17/2016

“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” Many important environmental and administrative law decisions were reported by the federal and state courts over the past six months. The courts are dealing with very...more

Supreme Court’s Environmental and Administrative Law Decisions in 2015-2016 Term

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 8/4/2016

This Advisory briefly reports on some of the significant U.S. Supreme Court actions from January through June 2016 related to environmental and administrative law. ...more

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