On March 4, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, in which it held that “end-result” requirements routinely imposed by the U.S....more
3/6/2025
/ Clean Water Act ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Water Quality ,
Waters of the United States
On August 30, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona vacated the April 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule in which the Trump Administration revised the definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS)....more
In the ever-shifting landscape of the Clean Water Act and Porter-Cologne jurisdiction, it can be difficult to determine whether you are engaging in activities that result in discharges of dredge, fill or pollutants to a Water...more
6/30/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Clean Water Act ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Dredge and Fill ,
Jurisdiction ,
Navigable Waters ,
Navigable Waters Protection Rule ,
New Guidance ,
New Regulations ,
Section 401 ,
State and Local Government ,
Waters of the United States ,
Webinars ,
Wetlands
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund et al., 590 U.S. __ (2020), in which it determined that the Clean Water Act (CWA) requirements for a National...more
4/30/2020
/ Appeals ,
Clean Water Act ,
Direct Discharge ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Violations ,
Functional Equivalent ,
Groundwater ,
Hawaii Wildlife Fund v County of Maui ,
Navigable Waters ,
Permits ,
Point Sources ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
Waters of the United States
On January 8, 2013, the United States Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which had found that the owner and operator of a storm drain system and permittee under a federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Section...more