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Key Takeaways - On January 15, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a Proposed Rule to revise its Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality certification regulations....more
Welcome to the last of our three posts with our look ahead to 2026—the environmental edition. If you follow this blog, you have probably sensed a trend: environmental regulation rarely moves in a straight line. This coming...more
The Arkansas Rice Federation (“ARF”) submitted January 15th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and United States Army Corps of Engineers the collectively, “Corps”) on the proposed rule to revise the...more
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New England District is phasing out regional general permits (RGPs) and replacing them with standardized nationwide permits (NWPs). RGPs are issued on a state-by-state basis by a...more
On January 15, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a proposed rule to revise its regulations governing the water quality certifications that states may issue under Section 401 of the Clean Water...more
The National Wildlife Federation, Arkansas Wildlife Federation, and 24 other environmental organizations (collectively, “NWF”) submitted January 5th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and United...more
On January 15, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the long-awaited proposed rule Updating the Water Quality Certification Regulations (Proposed Rule), which, if adopted, would largely reinstate the...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • GOP AGs Support Letting States Chart the Course on...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
A group of 20 Republican AGs, led by West Virginia AG J.B. McCuskey, submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers supporting the agencies’ updated definition of “waters of...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on January 13th a proposed rule addressing the certification process under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act....more
The Arkansas Farm Bureau (“ARFB”) submitted January 5th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and United States Corps of Engineers (collectively, “Corps”) on the proposed rule to revise the definition...more
On January 8, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finalized 57 Nationwide Permits first proposed in June of last year. Nationwide Permits (NWPs) are streamlined federal permits for activities that affect waters of the...more
Restore the Mississippi River Delta coalition (“Delta Coalition”) submitted December 29, 2025 comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Untied States Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) on the...more
EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently proposed revisions to regulations defining the scope of waters covered under the Clean Water Act (CWA). ...more
On November 20, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a proposed rule to update the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act...more
Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group dives into a proposed rule to further clarify federal jurisdiction over waters of the United States (WOTUS) following the Supreme Court’s Sackett ruling....more
As part of their proposed rule (Proposed Rule) to revise the regulatory definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) (collectively,...more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) has scheduled a number of open houses to: … to assist communities with domestic wastewater treatment lagoons pre-file for discharger-specific variances from proposed...more
The Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of pollutants from a point source to navigable waters without a permit. (33 USC 1311). This makes interpreting “navigable waters” key because this term defines the jurisdictional...more
On November 20, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) unveiled yet another “new” definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) — the term that determines which...more
The recently proposed rule aims to align the definition of WOTUS with the US Supreme Court’s seminal decision in Sackett v. EPA in a manner that limits waters subject to federal regulation....more
California continues its legislative push to address the state’s housing crisis, particularly focusing on “middle-housing” projects that bridge the gap between single-family homes and large apartment buildings (e.g.,...more
On November 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers released a proposed rule that would revise the definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS), thereby implicating the...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ ADEQ”) announced that the Region 6 Office of United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has completed its review of the 2023...more