On April 23, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 opinion in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, which established a new test to determine the permitting requirements under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The case...more
4/24/2020
/ Appeals ,
Clean Water Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Direct Discharge ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Functional Equivalent ,
Groundwater ,
Hawaii Wildlife Fund v County of Maui ,
Navigable Waters ,
Permits ,
Point Sources ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
Waters of the United States
In 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the controversial “Clean Power Plan,” which was immediately the subject of a legal challenge and was subsequently stayed by the United States Supreme Court....more
12/11/2018
/ Clean Air Act ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Coal-Fired Plants ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) ,
Power Plants ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Reform ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays ,
Trump Administration