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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 -

Oregon Department of State Lands Selects New Director

Tonkon Torp LLP on 7/9/2025

The Oregon State Land Board – comprised of the Governor, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer – recently appointed Kaitlin Lovell of Colton, Oregon as the new Director of the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL). Lovell...more

Listening Sessions Scheduled to Discuss Waters of the United States (WOTUS)

Snell & Wilmer on 4/22/2025

As referenced in last month’s publication, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army (Army) will be hosting numerous separate listening sessions with key stakeholders starting next...more

2024 Conservation Report Card for the 118th Congress: Defenders of Wildlife Announces Release

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/25/2025

Defenders of Wildlife (“Defenders”) announced on March 13th its release of a document titled: 2024 Conservation Report Card for the 118th Congress (“Report Card”). Defenders says the Report Card assesses the...more

EPA-pocalypse Now!

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/24/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: A second Trump administration is likely to bring sweeping changes to environmental regulatory and enforcement agendas. During the first Trump term, his administration focused on significant deregulation in...more

Carolinas Environmental Legislative Update

Williams Mullen on 6/4/2024

Both the North and South Carolina legislatures have recently adopted statutes affecting environmental issues in their respective states. This update highlights the most significant developments in North and South Carolina....more

Ninth Circuit Issues Decision Upholding its Interpretation of “Discharged” for Clean Water Act NPDES Violations

Nossaman LLP on 11/28/2023

On November 20, 2023, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Idaho Conservation League v. Poe, No. 22-35978. Therein, the Court upheld its previous interpretation of “discharged” in the context of...more

EPA Withdraws Cybersecurity Rule for Public Water Systems

Troutman Pepper Locke on 11/6/2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally withdrawn cybersecurity rules it promulgated in March requiring that states report cybersecurity threats to their public water systems (PWS). The reversal comes in...more

Recent Regulatory Activity

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 10/15/2021

Selected federal regulatory actions taken or proposed by several federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency: EPA Actions. On September 15, 2021, EPA’s Water Office issued a memo rescinding a January...more

EPA Issues Interim Strategy for Addressing PFAS in Wastewater Permits

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 12/4/2020

As we previously reported, EPA published a PFAS Action Plan in 2019 designed to enhance and improve data gathering, regulatory development, enforcement, and communication related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)....more

The Environmental Black Swan: What Manufacturers Don’t Know They Don’t Know

Vedder Price on 5/16/2019

Regardless of what side of the political fence you reside on and regardless of whether under this current administration you believe environmental enforcement has taken a holiday, the fact remains that most manufacturers...more

Symposium Spotlights Natural Resource Damage Regulations Under DOI Review

Sullivan & Worcester on 10/10/2018

Section 301(c) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) authorizes the Federal government, States and federally recognized Indian Tribes to act as "trustees" on behalf of the...more

Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO): U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Adds Biosolids Facility Report

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/8/2018

The Association of Clean Water Agencies (“ACWA”) announced in its weekly publication that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released the Biosolids Facility Report (“Report”) on the agency’s Enforcement...more

Comment Period Approaching on State Board Regulatory Program for Discharge of Dredge and Fill Material

Nossaman LLP on 8/30/2017

In a prior e-alert, we described the effort of the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) to develop a new regulatory program for discharge of dredged or fill materials to waters of the state. The...more

Top environmental developments in 2017 for ADG companies

Hogan Lovells on 4/17/2017

The Trump administration has made it clear that it will seek to eliminate environmental regulations that it sees as imposing an unjustified economic burden. As is often the case when control of the federal government changes...more

West Coast Real Estate Update: January 2017 #2

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/24/2017

California Prepares for Possible Rollback of Federal Water, Wetlands Regulations - Scott Pruitt, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has discussed eliminating what he...more

Pierce Atwood Environmental Regulatory Compliance Calendar (RCC)

Pierce Atwood LLP on 2/19/2016

NEW REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS - Federal - Draft Environmental Assessment, Habitat Conservation Plan, and Application for an Incidental Take Permit for Piping Plover, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife ...more

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