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Key Takeaways from the EPA and the Corps' New WOTUS Guidance Memo

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On March 12, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”) issued a Memorandum outlining new guidance on implementing the “continuous surface connection” standard in...more

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Corps’ Nationwide Permits Rule Hits Blue Wall

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published its final rule for the Reissuance and Modification of Nationwide Permits in the waning days of the Trump Administration. The final rule reissues and modifies 12 existing nationwide...more

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Army Corps Reissues Clean Water Act Nationwide Permits With Energy, Infrastructure Project Implications

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published in the Federal Register changes to its Clean Water Act Nationwide Permits (NWPs). The final rule, published on January 13, 2021, reissues 12 existing NWPs and issues four new NWPs....more

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Clean Water Act Nationwide Permits Reissued: Permit Streamlining Remains Intact

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) on Jan. 6, 2017, published a final rule reissuing its Clean Water Act Nationwide Permits (NWPs) with some modifications (88 Fed. Reg. 1860). The NWP program authorizes streamlined...more

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Clean Water Rule Opens Litigation Floodgates

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With much fanfare, EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) recently issued a final rule clarifying which bodies of water are “waters of the United States” protected under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”). Coming in the wake...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

WOTUS: No Closure Yet

In psychology, the term “closure” refers to humans’ desire for a firm answer to a question and general aversion to ambiguity. Nine years since Rapanos, after multiple attempts by the EPA and the Army Corps (“the agencies”)...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

EPA, Army Corps Redefine Clean Water Act Jurisdiction

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers (“the agencies”) have issued the long-awaited final rule to define the scope of waters and wetlands subject to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Troubled Waters: Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Remains Muddled After New Rule Issued

After years of deliberation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Agencies) issued their long-awaited final rule last week defining “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) for Clean Water...more

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