Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed legislation last week designating the Duck River and some of its tributaries as a Class II Pastoral State Scenic River. The designation was accomplished by amending Tennessee Code...more
Dredging of navigational channels is an essential function of the Corps of Engineers, supporting national security and maintaining shipping and other commercial and recreational uses of our waterways. Pursuant to its...more
El Equipo Ambiental de Holland & Knight en Colombia preparó un análisis de las normas, resoluciones, decretos y sentencias más importantes en materia ambiental a lo largo del 2025. El conocimiento de las novedades normativas...more
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) has reissued and modified the Corps’ Nationwide Permits (NWPs), which authorize certain categories of work in Waters of the United States under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act...more
After much anticipation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) have published a proposed rule revising the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). ...more
Beginning January 1, 2025, the “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” regulatory framework requires urban retail water suppliers — not individual households or businesses — to adopt a series of “urban water use...more
Water carriers have a moment of clarity on the horizon. An area of conflict between legal jurisdiction and technical obligations is being settled through Trump Administration regulatory reforms....more
Science-based targets (SBTs) rely on scientific facts to achieve specific conditions or outcomes. SBTs reflect the best available science and set goals intended to prevent human activities from harming the environment....more
Last week, a few colleagues and I attended the Transportation Infrastructure Summit in Philadelphia. There, we learned about a variety of innovations in the horizontal infrastructure sector as we prepare for future...more
The U.S. inland waterway system is a critical and underutilized component of the domestic supply chain that serves intrastate commerce and non-contiguous markets originating in or destined for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S....more
The Brazilian National Agency for Waterway Transportation (ANTAQ) published Resolution No. 128/2025 (RN 128/2025), revising the procedures for the transfer of corporate control under port authority concession contracts, lease...more
On May 28, 2025, the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, sided with the defendant energy company in a landmark climate change litigation case brought by a Peruvian farmer. The farmer wanted the energy company to pay (in...more
The California legislature continues to advance Senate Bill 601 (SB 601), the “Right to Clean Water Act,” which aims to safeguard protections for California’s streams and wetlands that lost federal protection under the Clean...more
On April 2, 2025, California’s Fifth Appellate District issued a decision in Bring Back the Kern v. City of Bakersfield (April 2, 2025, F087487) (2025 WL 98443). The Court held the “self-executing” reasonableness requirement...more
The Ports & Maritime team has compiled the sector’s main news for the week of October 21–27 to keep you in the loop. ...more
California officials have joined a legal effort to restore water to the Kern River after an abrupt shutoff of water dried up the river and killed thousands of fish in Bakersfield....more
ExxonMobil sued by California AG and environmental nonprofits over plastic waste - California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of environmental nonprofit entities sued ExxonMobil on Monday, accusing the company...more
On September 12, the Washington Supreme Court affirmed a Court of Appeals decision that declared the City of Sammamish––and all other municipalities enumerated under Revised Code of Washington 8.12.030––does not lose its...more
The organization American Rivers has issued its annual list of what it describes as “America’s Most Endangered Rivers”. The organization, American Rivers, describes itself as: …championing a national...more
On April 4, 2024, Governor Newsom and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) announced that the Bureau awarded California $15 million for the Delta-Mendota Canal floating solar project. The project, which is funded through...more
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) on March 22, 2024, announced its plans for enhancing the protection of the country's wetlands following the U.S. Supreme Court's Sackett v. EPA decision. In Sackett, the Supreme Court...more
Last month, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) extended the comment period for amendments it proposed in December 2023 to the Massachusetts Waterways Regulation, 310 CMR 9.00. Peter Vetere...more
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Sackett case in May of 2023, the U.S. EPA (“EPA”) and the U.S. Army Corps (“Army Corps”) have amended federal regulations to conform to Sackett and the Army Corps has resumed...more
Since 2000, the Virginia legislature has granted individual landowners and partnerships up to $17,500 in tax credits for leaving waterway-adjacent stands of trees intact when harvesting timberland. To claim this credit,...more
One hundred eighteen Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives (“House”) introduced legislation titled: Clean Water Act of 2023(H.R. 5983) The stated purpose of H.R. 5983 is to address the...more