On January 18, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Department of the Army published a new final rule to re-define “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”) under the Federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”)....more
In June of 2020, Husch Blackwell alerted non-profit healthcare organizations and higher education institutions of the availability of FEMA Public Assistance (PA) Program disaster relief funds pursuant to then published FEMA...more
On March 13, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a National Emergency by President Trump. This declaration set in motion the availability of FEMA Public Assistance Program (PAP) disaster relief funds to support...more
Private nonprofit (“PNP”) organizations that own and/or operate medical facilities, such as hospitals and long term care facilities, are eligible for FEMA Public Assistance (PA) Program disaster relief funds. Under the...more
On March 13, 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a National Emergency by President Trump.This declaration set in motion the availability of FEMA Public Assistance (PA) disaster relief funds to support nonprofit healthcare...more
The pandemic may be slowing down commerce, but there has been no slowdown on critical developments affecting core issues in interpreting the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act (CWA). In just over one week, there have been...more
On October 22, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corp) published a final rule that will repeal an Obama-era Clean Water Rule (CWR) defining Waters of the United States (WOTUS)...more