The Biden Administration recently held a Tribal Nations Summit in Washington, D.C. At the Summit, the Administration announced a number of new actions, in particular, new initiatives relating to Tribal consultation. The...more
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US Army Corps of Engineers
On April 15, 2020, Judge Morris of the United States District Court for the District of Montana issued a ruling invalidating Nationwide Permit 12 (“NWP 12”), a permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) covering...more
On December 11, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (together, “the agencies”) released their proposal for the controversial and highly litigated definition of “waters of...more
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) seeking public comment on potential revisions to its implementing regulations for the procedural provisions of the National...more
The Supreme Court held unanimously Monday that challenges to the Obama Administration’s 2015 “Clean Water Rule,” which defined “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”) subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act (“Act”),...more
On December 1, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a pre-publication version of a final rule determining that imposing CERCLA 108(b) financial responsibility requirements on the hardrock mining...more