In its recent decision in San Francisco v. EPA, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Ninth Circuit interpretation of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), the second case in just two years where the Court has disagreed with the EPA’s...more
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Waters of the United States
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA on May 25 redefined the approach to determine what is a Water of the United States (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA), the critical prerequisite for actions under the...more
On May 23, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (Sackett II). The decision caps the long-running saga about how to define “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean...more