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US Army Corps of Engineers Executive Orders Wetlands

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Expedited Wetland Permitting/U.S. Army Corp of Engineers: 690 Permits Reclassified as Energy Emergencies (Including 3 Arkansas...

Pursuant to Executive Order 14156, the United States Army Corp of Engineers (“Corps”) has reclassified 690 Clean Water Act Section 404 Wetland Permits as Emergency Actions. Executive Order 14156 is entitled “Declaring a...more

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NWPR Update: EPA Proposes New Old Wetland Rule; The Clock is Now Ticking for Florida’s Developers

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An Arizona district court decision right before Labor Day effectively put the pre-2015 wetlands jurisdiction rule back in effect for most states, eliminating changes made under both the Obama and Trump administrations. (See...more

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Waters of the United States/Clean Water Act: Association of State Wetland Managers Comments on Jurisdictional Definition

The Association of State Wetland Managers (“ASWM”) submitted November 28th comments on the Clean Water Act definition of “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”). The November 28th comments were submitted in response to the...more

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Tennessee Urges EPA to Adopt the "Tennessee Plan" to Define WOTUS

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The commissioners of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) recently responded to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s request to States for comments...more

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Executive Order Signals Federal Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Will Be Narrowed

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In the latest chapter of the seemingly never-ending controversy over the Clean Water Act’s reach, on February 28, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S....more

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Executive Orders Expected this Week Regarding Clean Air and Water Act Rules

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In addition to a January 20th Presidential Memorandum freezing all, not yet enacted, rules and sending them back to the agencies and Office of Management and Budget for reconsideration, and the utilization of the...more

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