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EPA and the Army Make More Waves on WOTUS

Bracewell LLP on 3/14/2025

On March 12, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army took steps to address lingering questions about the meaning and implementation of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS)...more

Environment & Energy Insights (August 2024)

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 8/12/2024

Welcome to the August edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a monthly update of current trends in environment and energy law. This month we cover: EPA’s new Facility Response Plan requirements for potential...more

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District)/Special Public Notice: Programmatic Emphasis on Department of the Army Permit...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/7/2024

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) Vicksburg District issued a May 29th Special Public Notice (“SPN”) styled: Vicksburg District Regulatory Update - ...more

Wrangling Continues over Revised WOTUS Conforming Rule Issued in Response to Sackett v. EPA

Roetzel & Andress on 10/10/2023

On September 8, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers published a final conforming rule amending the definition of “waters of the United States” in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Sackett decision....more

EPA Redefines ‘Waters of the United States’ to Conform with Supreme Court Decision

Goldberg Segalla on 8/31/2023

On August 29, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its final rule amending its definition of “waters of the United States.” This new definition was written to conform with the Supreme Court’s May 24, 2023 ruling in...more

Federal Government Expands Scope of Regulated Wetlands

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 2/7/2023

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

Waters of the U.S. Rule Will Significantly Expand Federal Authority

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/20/2023

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rulemaking on Jan. 18, 2023, revising the definition of "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) within the Corps1 and...more

WOTUS Rule Finalized: What Does it Mean?

Lippes Mathias LLP on 1/18/2023

Following decades of regulatory actions and lawsuits concerning the definition of “waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act, on December 30, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army...more

Back to the Future: The Biden Administration Releases Final WOTUS Rule

Holland & Hart LLP on 1/6/2023

On December 30, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”) (the “Agencies”) released a pre-publication version of yet another new rule redefining “waters of the United...more

EPA and the Army Corps Finalize WOTUS Rule, Again

Jenner & Block on 1/6/2023

On December 30, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Army Corps”) announced they had finalized the rule establishing the definition of “waters of the United States”...more

Environmental Notes - July 2016

Williams Mullen on 7/20/2016

CONGRESS FINDS THE FORMULA TO REFORM CHEMICAL REGULATION - The Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) is the primary federal law by which the manufacture, import and use of chemical substances are regulated in the United...more

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