Regulatory Oversight, Waters of the United States, US Army Corps of Engineers

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

Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Clean Water Act

Rivkin Radler LLP on 6/5/2023

In Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, decided at the end of May, the Supreme Court substantially reduced the reach of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The issue before the Court was how far the Environmental Protection...more

Sackett Decision Provides Clarity, Substantially Restricts Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Scope

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/1/2023

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 25, 2023, issued its opinion in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, 598 U.S. ____ (2023). The opinion addresses the definition of "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) pursuant to the...more

Corps and EPA Push Out Effective Date of Disputed Clean Water Rule

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/7/2018

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency published a rule postponing the effective date of the Clean Water Rule for two years, until February 6, 2020....more

EPA And The Corps Propose To Add Years To “Effective” Applicability Date Of WOTUS Rule

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/28/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule that would add an applicability date two years in the future to the Obama-era Waters of the United...more

EPA, Corps Propose Rescinding Clean Water Rule

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/30/2017

The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday announced a proposed rulemaking that would rescind the “Clean Water Rule” — which the agencies finalized in 2015 to revise the definition of “waters...more

Executive Order Signals Federal Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Will Be Narrowed

Perkins Coie on 3/3/2017

In the latest chapter of the seemingly never-ending controversy over the Clean Water Act’s reach, on February 28, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S....more

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