On June 23, 2021, the Ninth Circuit in Deschutes River All. v. Portland Gen. Elec. became the first court in the country to hold that Congress did not clearly and unambiguously waive tribal sovereign immunity under the Clean...more
Frustrated by some states’ use of their Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 authority to oppose or delay energy projects—particularly the transportation of fossil fuels—the Trump Administration last Friday issued the second...more
7/8/2019
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Clean Water Act ,
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
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FERC ,
Final Rules ,
Navigable Waters ,
New Guidance ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Section 401 ,
Tribal Lands ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Water Quality ,
Waters of the United States