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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 -

Uncovered Railcars Transporting Coal/Clean Water Act: Environmental Organizations Submit Petition to U.S. Environmental Protection...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/28/2023

The Sierra Club and a number of other environmental organizations submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on September 26th Petition for Rulemaking (“Petition”) styled: To Establish...more

CARB Approves Regulation to Reduce Railroad Emissions

Jones Day on 8/18/2023

On April 27, 2023, the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") approved a first-in-the-nation regulation that limits the emission of greenhouse gases, criteria pollutants, and toxic air contaminants from locomotives in the...more

A Court-Side Seat: SCOTUS Further Clarifies Alien Tort Statute; Revisiting WOTUS

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 6/23/2021

What follows is a brief account of some of the notable U.S. environmental and administrative law cases recently decided. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT - Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution vests the President, with the advice...more

Surface Transportation Board Acts to Prevent a Patchwork Quilt of State Regulatory Requirements

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/26/2021

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has issued a comprehensive decision that will likely forestall years of litigation over the scope of the Clean Water Act's (CWA) application to the interstate rail network. In...more

WA Court Denies MSJs in CWA Citizen’s Suit Over Alleged Illegal Discharges of Coal and Coal Dust

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 11/3/2016

A group of environmental organizations, headed by the Sierra Club, filed a Clean Water Act (CWA) citizen’s lawsuit against the BNSF Railway Company, alleging that the railroad, the only transporter of coal in Washington,...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

California High Speed Rail Authority Gains New Approvals to Move Project Forward: Eminent Domain Proceedings Commenced on Eight...

Stoel Rives LLP on 3/18/2014

Despite recent obstacles, the California High Speed Rail Authority (the “Authority”) remains steadfast in its determination to complete the high-speed rail project (the “Project”), bolstered by recent approvals from various...more

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