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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 -

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - November 2021 #3

Allen Matkins on 11/19/2021

Biden administration acts to restore clean-water safeguards - Associated Press – November 18 - The Biden administration took action this Thursday to restore federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams,...more

Environmental Notes - October 2021

Williams Mullen on 10/8/2021

Like everything else today, the definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) ebbs and flows depending on which political party holds office. However, while the Biden Administration gets...more

EPA to Modify the Navigable Waters Protection Rule

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 6/11/2021

Proposed regulatory changes will increase the extent of lands throughout the country that will be designated, and regulated, as wetlands. On June 9, 2021, the Department of the Army and the Environmental Protection Agency...more

WOTUS Encore: The Fate of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule and Implications for Groundwater

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 2/8/2021

It seems like yesterday, but it was actually last summer when the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers published the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, effective June 22, 2020 (the "Rule")....more

Environmental Law – The Year in Review

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 1/27/2021

JANUARY 2020 - FEDERAL APPELLATE COURTS - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - El Paso County, Texas, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al. On January 8, 2020, a divided panel of the court quickly granted a...more

Navigable Waters Protection Rule (formerly the Clean Water Rule)

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/14/2020

On April 21, 2020, the EPA and USACE (jointly the "Agencies") had published in the Federal Register the final rule, "Navigable Waters Protection Rule" (NWPR), which has a scheduled effective date of June 22, 2020. Thus, what...more

The Science Advisory Board Agrees With Me!

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 1/9/2020

At the end of the December, the EPA Science Advisory Board posted the text of a letter that the SAB intends to send to Administrator Wheeler concerning the administration’s proposed revision to the WOTUS rule. The SAB’s...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - December 2018 #2

Allen Matkins on 12/17/2018

Focus - Trump administration announces plan to roll back rules on stream, wetland protection - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE - Dec 11 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers laid...more

The Reach of the Clean Water Act Takes a Dive into Groundwater

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 9/10/2018

Can the law that protects the quality of the nation's waters seep into groundwater below the surface? According to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which includes North Carolina in its...more

Environmental Notes - March 2016

Williams Mullen on 3/17/2016

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Jurisdictional Determinations May be Appealed - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers determines the presence or absence of wetlands and other “waters of the United States” on a...more

Obama Administration Issues Final Rule on “Waters of the United States” - The Rule Will Expand The Universe Of "Waters" Subject To...

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/10/2015

On May 27, 2015, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (collectively, the “agencies”) issued a final rule revising the regulatory definition of “Waters of the United...more

California Environmental Law and Policy Update

Allen Matkins on 5/19/2014

Environmental and Policy Focus: Expanding the definition of "waters of the United States" – EPA's proposed new rule -- Allen Matkins - Apr 23: On April 21, 2014, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...more

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