[WEBINAR] Fairly (or Unfairly?) Traceable: Are Discharges Through Groundwater Subject to the Clean Water Act?
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case: San Francisco v. EPA, No. 23-753: This case involves interpretation of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and its National Pollutant Discharge...more
The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has drafted a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for commercial, industrial, and institutional (CII) facilities. Our Environment, Land Use & Natural...more
The United States House of Representatives voted on a partisan-basis to pass H.R. 7023 which is titled: Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act....more
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and 10 other states filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (“Court”) a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against the...more
The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“SCT”) addressed in a December 8th Opinion a judicial challenge to a revision of the Washington Department of Ecology’s (“WDE”) Water Quality Program Permit Writer’s Manual...more
Ms. Stacie Wassell undertook a presentation on October 6th at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention titled: Office of Water Quality Update (“Presentation”) - Ms. Wassell serves as the Deputy Associate Director...more
In an ACOEL blog posted on July 27, 2021, Seth Jaffe expressed his support for the Supreme Court’s majority opinion in the Maui case and the subsequent ruling by the District Court. In Maui, the Supreme Court held that an...more
AB 377, entitled the “California Clean Water Act,” introduced by Assemblymember Rivas in February 2021, includes provisions to eliminate all “impaired waterways” and make all waters in California suitable for drinking,...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an October 2018 publication titled: Low Flow Statistics Tools – A How-To Handbook for NPDES Permit Writers (“Handbook”) - See EPA-833-B-18-001. EPA...more
The Town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts (“Fairhaven”) filed an October 27th Petition for Review before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”). Fairhaven is challenging...more
The Rio Hondo Land & Cattle Company (“Rio Hondo”) filed an August 22nd Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Appeals Board challenging certain terms and...more
Earlier this month, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that NPDES permit holders must comply with all of the terms of their permits. I’m not sure why this should be earthshattering news, but the case does have some...more
On Wednesday, the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board approved amendments to its regional National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") permit, Order No. R9-2013-0001, regulating discharges from large...more