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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently determined that Ohio waived its right to issue a water quality certification (WQC)...
Tags: Nationwide Permit 12, Clean Water Act, water quality certification, Energy,
On July 6, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an Order partially granting a motion to stay a Montana District Court’s injunction...
Tags: Nationwide Permit 12, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
On June 1, 2020, U.S. EPA finalized amendments to the rules governing the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality...
Tags: 401, Clean Water Act, water quality certification, Energy,
On April 23, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, held that a permit is required for either “a direct discharge of...
Tags: Clean Water Act, groundwater, Discharge, Energy,
On April 21, 2020, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers published the final Navigable Waters Protection Rule amending the...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
On December 11, 2018, USEPA and the Army Corps of Engineers proposed a new rule defining "water of the United States" (WOTUS)...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Army Corps, Energy,
On May 1, 2018, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota affirmed a Magistrate’s decision to...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Army Corps, U.S. EPA,
This post provides an important update to our January 22, 2018 entry. On January 31, 2018, U.S. EPA and the Army Corp finalized a...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Environment
On January 22, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court held that lawsuits challenging the joint EPA-Army Corps rule defining “waters of the...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
This entry provides an update to our blog post on February 23, 2016 regarding the Sixth Circuit’s decision that it has...
Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment
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