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Citizen Suits and Larger Penalties May Be the Future of California Water Quality Protections

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The California legislature continues to advance Senate Bill 601 (SB 601), the “Right to Clean Water Act,” which aims to safeguard protections for California’s streams and wetlands that lost federal protection under the Clean...more

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Wetlands/Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and SpaceX Enter into Consent Agreement and Final Order

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (“SpaceX”) entered into a January 15th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean...more

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404/Wetlands Enforcement: United States Department of Justice and Wayne County, New York Agricultural Operation Enter into Consent...

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Wafler Farms, Inc., doing business as Wafler Nursery & Orchards (“WFI”) entered into a July 23rd Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act....more

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Environmental Criminal Enforcement/Wetlands: U.S. Department of Justice Announces Sentencing for Virginia Company and Owner

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a June 27th news release stating that Boyd Farm LLC (“Boyd Farm”) and its owner Frazier T. Boyd III were sentenced on June 26th criminally for an alleged felony violation...more

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404 Wetland/Clean Water Act Enforcement: Federal Court Addresses Scope of Potential Liability Related to Subdivision Development

A United States District Court (S. D. Georgia) (“Court”) addressed in a June 30th Order certain issues arising out of a 404 Clean Water Act citizen suit enforcement action. See Baker v. Mortgage of America Lenders, LLC et al,...more

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Once a wetland may always be a wetland when it comes to application of federal and state wetland protection laws!

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Ducks Unlimited estimates that the United States has lost approximately 16.8 million acres of wetlands since the mid-1950s. Although the rate of wetland filling has slowed since the passage of the Federal Clean Water Act,...more

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Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require a Clean Water Act NPDES Permit? U.S. Supreme Court Decides Maui Case

The United States Supreme Court (“SCourt”) issued an April 23rd decision in County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al. See No. 18-260. The case involves whether, and to what extent, a discharge of pollutants...more

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Waters of the United States/Clean Water Act: Environmental Organizations Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Environmental Protection...

The Waterkeeper Alliance and a number of other environmental organizations (collectively “Waterkeeper”) sent a February 13th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and United...more

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Construction/Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Enforcement Action: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Standing Issue

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a citizen suit enforcement action on May 7, 2018 to enjoin the construction of a funeral home and mortuary in Howard County,...more

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Ninth Circuit Confirms That Defendant Had Fair Warning That His Conduct Violated The CWA

On November 27. the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided an important Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdictional case, United States. The Ninth Circuit unanimously affirmed the defendant’s criminal convictions for...more

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404/Wetland Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Residential Developer Enter into Consent Agreement

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and D.R. Horton, Inc., (“DRHI”) entered into an August 17th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 404 of the Clean Water...more

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