On March 11, 2024, EPA’s “Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Rule” (the SCCAP Rule) was published in the Federal Register. See 89 Fed. Reg. 17622 (Mar. 11, 2024). The SCCAP Rule makes a number of significant...more
On April 21, EPA published the revised definition of “Waters of the United States,” or “WOTUS,” in the Federal Register. WOTUS is a lynchpin phrase in the Clean Water Act that determines the jurisdictional reach of multiple...more
On January 23, EPA Administrator Wheeler announced the final rulemaking for the revised definition of “Waters of the United States,” a key phrase in the Clean Water Act that delineates the extent of federal jurisdiction over...more
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