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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Water Rule Proposed Rules

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Effluent Guidelines/Meat and Poultry Products Category: Association of Clean Water Administrators Comments Addressing U.S....

The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) submitted March 23rd Comments to a Proposed EPA Rule styled: Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standard for the - ...more

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EPA and Army Corps Seek to Redefine Waters of the United States

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The proposed definition would significantly extend the regulatory scope of the Clean Water Act. On December 7, 2021, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Army Corps of Engineers (collectively, the Agencies)...more

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Drowning in Confusion: What Is a “Water of the United States”?

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A decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued on August 21, 2019, highlights the continuing confusion over the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. The...more

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Waters of the United States/U.S. EPA Proposed Rule: Arkansas Valley Audubon Society Comments

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has received thousands of comments in the Administrative Docket for the proposed revisions to the Clean Water Act definition of Waters of the United States (“WOTUS”)....more

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Feeling Inundated? EPA Swamps the WOTUS Rule, Proposes New Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”

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Fulfilling one of President Trump’s campaign promises, on December 11, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army (the Corps) signed a proposed rule to limit the scope of the...more

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Proposed "Waters of the U.S." Rule Would Reduce Scope of Clean Water Act Jurisdiction - As Written, the Proposed Rule Would Be...

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• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have issued their long-awaited proposed rule to define "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) pursuant to the Clean Water Act, fulfilling an early...more

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Covered by the Clean Water Act and WOTUS? Maybe Not Anymore.

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) released their much-anticipated draft proposed rule to re-write the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) (“2018...more

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Agencies Release Proposed Rule to Limit Clean Water Act Jurisdiction

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The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers announced a proposed rule to redefine the term “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act on December 11, 2018. The proposed rule, which awaits...more

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Clarifying “Muddy Waters:” EPA and Army Corps Propose Revisions to the Scope of CWA Jurisdiction

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On December 11, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (together, “the agencies”) released their proposal for the controversial and highly litigated definition of “waters of...more

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What's New In Washington - September 2018

Following a truncated August recess, the House and the Senate returned to Washington after Labor Day with a full plate of legislative items to address prior to the end of the fiscal year on September 30. That list includes...more

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District Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Challenges to Clean Water Rule, Supreme Court Says

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the federal district courts can hear challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2015 Clean Water Rule, rejecting the federal...more

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Up to the Minute Synopsis of Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Developments

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Keeping track of the ongoing administrative and judicial developments on the issue of Clean Water Act jurisdiction has become almost as complex as trying to make a jurisdictional determination itself. Here is a handy synopsis...more

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EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Propose Rescission of WOTUS Rule

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On June 27, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt along with the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works signed a proposed rule to rescind the Obama administration “waters of the United States” or “WOTUS” rule. The proposed...more

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