Clean Water Act, EPA, Discharge of Pollutants

Supreme Court Upholds EPA's Logging Road Exception from Clean Water Act NPDES Permitting

by Lawrence R. Liebesman | Holland & Knight LLP on 4/12/2013

On March 20, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center that addresses the issue of "whether the Clean Water Act and its implementing regulations require permits before...more

EPA Revises Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Construction and Development

by Gregory Braker, Thomas Lingan, Megan Roberts-Satinsky, Margaret Strand, M. Rosewin Sweeney | Venable LLP on 4/11/2013

On April 1, 2013, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed changes to the Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Construction and Development Point Source Category (the Proposed Rule)...more

Supreme Court Reverses 9th Circuit on Logging Roads, Deferring to EPA on Its Industrial Stormwater Rule

by Anthony Cavender, Wayne Whitlock, Tamara Zakim | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/8/2013

On March 20, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 7-1 decision that Clean Water Act permits are not required for stormwater runoff from logging roads. The decision in Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center defers...more

No Permit Required For Timber Harvesting

by Darlene Marsh | Burr & Forman on 4/5/2013

The U. S. Supreme Court’s March 20, 2013, decision in Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center is good news for the logging industry. The Clean Water Act (Act) and EPA’s Silvicultural Rule (Regulation) do not require...more

U.S. Supreme Court: NPDES Permits Are Not Required For Logging Road Stormwater Runoff

by Robert Maynard | Perkins Coie on 3/22/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a 2010 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision and reaffirmed that a federal Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) point source discharge permit is not...more

Logging Roads Get A Pass – At Least For Now

by David Ubaldi | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/22/2013

Yesterday, in a 7-1 decision with Justice Scalia the lone dissenter, the U.S. Supreme Court handed a major victory to the forest products industry. As it does so often, the Court reversed a Ninth Circuit ruling that had...more

The Supreme Court Reverses the 9th Circuit and Reaffirms Its Earlier Interpretation of ‘Discharge’ Under the Clean Water Act

by Anthony Cavender, Wayne Whitlock, Tamara Zakim | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/29/2013

On January 8, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court held unanimously in L.A. County Flood Control District v. NRDC that the flow of polluted stormwater from an improved portion of a navigable waterway into an unimproved portion of...more

Court Holds for First Time That EPA Cannot Regulate Stormwater as a Pollutant under Clean Water Act

by Amy L. Edwards, Lawrence R. Liebesman | Holland & Knight LLP on 1/9/2013

In a significant ruling issued on January 3, 2013, a federal court held for the first time that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot regulate stormwater as a "pollutant" under the Clean Water Act....more

EPA’s Authority to Set TMDLs Is Limited: Be Careful What You Wish For

by Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 1/9/2013

Last week, in Virginia Department of Transportation v. EPA, Judge Liam O’Grady struck down EPA’s attempt to set a TMDL for the Accotink Creek in Virginia based on the rate of total stormwater discharge to the Creek, rather...more

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