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The Clean Water Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1972 to reduce levels of toxic substances in the nation's water supply and to prevent high levels of new contamination. The CWA seeks to accomplish its stated goals by preventing point and nonpoint pollution sources, assisting wastewater treatment facilities and maintaining wetlands. less -

Clean Water Act/U.S. House of Representatives: Association of Clean Water Administrators Identifies 14 Pending Bills

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/24/2025

The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) has identified 14 bills proposing to amend the Clean Water Act pending in the United States House of Representatives. The bills are described in the ACWA publication...more

EPA’s PFAS Strategy Evolves Amid Continued Regulatory, Legislative, and Litigation Uncertainty

Pillsbury - PFAS Observer on 5/15/2025

While the Trump administration’s PFAS policy framework is beginning to take shape, uncertainties remain across the regulatory, litigation and legislative fronts. On April 28, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a set of...more

Administrative Law Report - April 2025, Vol. 6

Clark Hill PLC on 4/14/2025

Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things administrative law, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. ...more

House Eyes New Version of the Clean Water Act in Response to Recent U.S Supreme Court Decision

Goldberg Segalla on 11/2/2023

In what has already been a major year for the Clean Water Act, there’s now another attempt to redefine its scope. On October 17, the Clean Water Act of 2023 was introduced by ranking member of the House Committee on...more

Microplastics: Nurdle Law and Regulation Update

Goldberg Segalla on 9/29/2023

Seventy-nine percent of plastic waste ends up in landfills or the environment, much of which eventually ends up in our oceans. A March 8, 2023 study, estimated the average amount of small plastics in the ocean surface layer...more

2023 Land Use, Environmental, & Natural Resources Update

Allen Matkins on 5/2/2023

In last year’s update, we provided an overview of federal and California regulatory actions designed to protect public health and the environment from the impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These actions...more

Section 401/Clean Water Act: U.S. Senator Boozman (Arkansas) and Colleagues Introduce Legislation Addressing Water Quality...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/8/2021

United States Senator John Boozman (Arkansas) and several of his colleagues from the Environment and Public Works Committee introduced legislation that would reinstate and codify the Trump administration’s 2020 Clean Water...more

Sixth Circuit Stays Obama Administration’s New Clean Water Rule Nationwide

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/15/2015

On October 9, 2015, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit stayed the implementation of the Clean Water Rule (the Final Rule) nationwide. The Final Rule defines “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), a threshold term...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - August 2015 #3

Allen Matkins on 8/24/2015

Environmental and Policy Focus: Clean Water Act rule faces challenges from both sides - Courthouse News Service - Aug 18: A widely publicized new rule clarifying the definition of ’waters of the United States’ under the...more

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