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Texas Court Rules County Is Not Immune from State Fine For Violating Water Code

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On July 30, 2020, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston issued an opinion in Hyde v. Harrison County, and held that governmental immunity will not protect Texas counties from administrative fines for violating certain...more

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The Sixth Circuit Extends the Clean Water Act’s Permit Shield Defense to General Permit Holders

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The Sixth Circuit recently ruled that facilities holding a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) Section 402 general permit – one of two types of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permits – may avail themselves of...more

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