In a 9-0 ruling published on May 25, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the U.S. EPA’s and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE's) use of the expansive “significant nexus” test to assert authority over adjacent wetlands as...more
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On December 15, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a final rule authorizing ASTM E1527-21 as compliant with the all appropriate inquiries (“AAI”) provisions of the Comprehensive...more
On March 14, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a direct final rule approving ASTM International (ASTM) Standard E1527-21 as an additional standard meeting the all appropriate inquiry (AAI)...more