The United States Supreme Court has issued a significant ruling in the case of San Francisco v. EPA, directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to retool its wastewater permitting process under the Clean Water Act....more
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) have adopted a final rule re-defining the scope of the “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS Final Rule”) subject to federal...more
In a case brought by a coalition of environmental groups opposed to the Keystone XL Pipeline project, Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District Court for Montana issued a ruling on April 15 nullifying Nationwide Permit (NWP)...more