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Contaminants Compass: April 2025 Special Edition

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“Contaminants Compass” is a monthly newsletter that provides updates, legal observations and actionable tips to navigate the evolving legal challenges of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)....more

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Environmental Update: Regulatory Notes – April 2025

April has proven a busy month for environmental issues when it comes to the regulatory arena. Below are just a few of the notable developments:...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 4.18.25

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The Trump administration is moving to effectively eliminate a crucial protection in the half-century-old federal Endangered Species Act by redefining a single word: harm. A proposed rule, issued this Wednesday from the U.S....more

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On WOTUS Notice: EPA Gives Notice of Yet Another Clean Water Act Rule

The Agency Is Looking to Sackett v. EPA for a More ‘Durable’ Definition - From Obama to Trump to Biden, each of the last three administrations has directed the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to...more

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Recent Executive Action May Impact PFAS Regulation

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The regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or “forever chemicals,” was a focal point for the Biden administration. In April 2024, the administration, through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),...more

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Surprising to see EPA now taking steps to make it easier for states to take over the Federal Government's dredge and fill permit...

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I'm surprised to see the Biden Administration EPA moving forward right now with a rule proposed during the Trump Administration to allow states to take over responsibility for the permitting of "dredge and fill" activities...more

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EPA Proposes A Section 401 “Improvement Rule” — Now That’s a Low Bar

Last week, EPA released its proposed “Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule”. The proposed rule would make a number of significant changes to the rule promulgated by EPA in 2020....more

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Waters of the United States/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Army Corps of Engineers Proposed Rule: Agricultural Organizations...

Twenty-two agricultural organizations submitted February 7th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) addressing the federal agencies’ joint proposed rule to...more

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EPA Proposes to Narrow Water Quality Certification Authority Under the Clean Water Act

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The Environmental Protection Agency issued a 163-page proposed rule on August 9, 2019, to clarify the substantive and procedural requirements for water quality certifications under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act....more

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Waters of the United States/U.S. EPA Proposed Rule: Arkansas Valley Audubon Society Comments

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has received thousands of comments in the Administrative Docket for the proposed revisions to the Clean Water Act definition of Waters of the United States (“WOTUS”)....more

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CWA Series: In Redefining The Scope Of The Clean Water Act, Will The New WOTUS Rule Truly Be A Sea Change?

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Previously, we reported the Federal Circuit split (Part 1) regarding indirect discharges to navigable waters through groundwater and the Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari in one of those cases (Part 2), which will hopefully...more

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Proposed Waters of the United States Rule Narrows Federal Clean Water Act Jurisdiction

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February 2019 In Short The Situation: The definition of "waters of the United States" in the Clean Water Act ("CWA") circumscribes the jurisdictional authority of the federal government under the Act. This impacts not just...more

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Feeling Inundated? EPA Swamps the WOTUS Rule, Proposes New Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”

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Fulfilling one of President Trump’s campaign promises, on December 11, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army (the Corps) signed a proposed rule to limit the scope of the...more

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Plugging Holes in the Clean Water Act: EPA and ACOE Release their Proposed Replacement Rule Defining “WOTUS”

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On December 11, 2018, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) announced proposed changes to the agencies’ definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). This...more

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Proposed "Waters of the U.S." Rule Would Reduce Scope of Clean Water Act Jurisdiction - As Written, the Proposed Rule Would Be...

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• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have issued their long-awaited proposed rule to define "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) pursuant to the Clean Water Act, fulfilling an early...more

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Covered by the Clean Water Act and WOTUS? Maybe Not Anymore.

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) released their much-anticipated draft proposed rule to re-write the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) (“2018...more

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Agencies Release Proposed Rule to Limit Clean Water Act Jurisdiction

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The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers announced a proposed rule to redefine the term “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act on December 11, 2018. The proposed rule, which awaits...more

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Waters of the United States/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposes New Rule

On December 11th the United States Environmental Protection Agency and United States Corps of Engineers (collectively “EPA”) announced the proposal of a new rule addressing the Clean Water Act definition waters of the United...more

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Proposed Federal Clean Water Rule Impacts Cities and Residents - Comments Being Sought

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For the second time in the last 4 years, and the seventh since the Clean Water Act was adopted in 1972, the federal government has revised the definition of the term “Waters of the United States” for the purposes of the...more

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Supreme Court Sends Challenges to Clean Water Rule to Federal District Courts

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In a unanimous decision on January 22, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that challenges to the Obama administration’s 2015 Clean Water Rule must be brought in federal district courts rather than directly in the courts of appeals....more

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Up to the Minute Synopsis of Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Developments

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Keeping track of the ongoing administrative and judicial developments on the issue of Clean Water Act jurisdiction has become almost as complex as trying to make a jurisdictional determination itself. Here is a handy synopsis...more

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California Attempts to Fill the Clean Water Act Breach - State Water Board Issues Revised Rule for Definition of Wetlands and...

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Although the federal government under the Trump Administration is stepping back from regulations under the Clean Water Act (CWA) – see President Donald Trump's Executive Orderand proposed federal rule – the state of...more

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EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Propose Rescission of WOTUS Rule

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On June 27, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt along with the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works signed a proposed rule to rescind the Obama administration “waters of the United States” or “WOTUS” rule. The proposed...more

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