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The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) issued a July 24th news release announcing the 2025 Peak Performance Award Winners. NACWA describes itself as representing...more
In the latest edition of the PFAS Primer Quarterly Update, our roundup of regulatory, litigation, and scientific actions involving PFAS, the EPA rethinks MCLs, more states prohibit new PFAS products, and ongoing discharge...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued a May 30th news release stating that it has: …certified the state’s first pollutant reduction credits under its Water Quality Trading (“WQT”) program — a...more
The State of New York Supreme Court/County of Albany (“Court”) addressed in a May 6th Order whether the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) has the authority to issue Watershed Rules and Regulations (“Rules”) to...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on May 16, 2025, clarified the conditions under which a state waives its Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality certification (WQC) authority. In Village of Morrisville...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a news release titled: 100 Days, 100 Environmental Accomplishments. The news release stated that the Trump Administration has: …wasted no time...more
Six environmental organizations submitted an April 15th Petition to the Alabama Environmental Management Commission to amend Ala. (ADEM) Admin. Code Chap. 335-6-10, Appendix A....more
The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) transmitted April 4th testimony to the United States Senate Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Other Related Agencies Appropriation Committee addressing FY 2026...more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) is holding on April 10th a Water Quality Standards (“WQS”) Workgroup meeting to consider (among other things): Draft Procedure for applying mussels absent ammonia...more
The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) sent a March 27th letter to Stacie Wassell, Associate Director for the Office of Water Quality at the Arkansas Department of Energy and...more
The United States Supreme Court has issued a significant ruling in the case of San Francisco v. EPA, directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to retool its wastewater permitting process under the Clean Water Act....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of London, Arkansas entered into a February 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
On March 4, the U.S. Supreme Court (“SCOTUS” or the “Court”) issued a decision in San Francisco v. EPA that invalidated certain “end-result” water quality limitations in NPDES permits — specifically, those that “do not spell...more
On March 4, 2025 the Supreme Court overturned the 9th Circuit to rule in favor of the City of San Francisco in a landmark Clean Water Act case. The EPA authorizes states to issue National Pollutant Discharge Elimination...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lakeside Gardens Horizontal Property Regime (“LG”) entered into a February 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
The regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remains a critical issue in US environmental policy, with significant implications for water quality, biosolids management and state-level regulatory authority. On...more
Ten national organizations that represent state, tribal, and local partners transmitted a January 6th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency Transition Team offering assistance to the second Trump...more
Forest Service livestock grazing permits do not run afoul of state water quality permitting requirements because the Management Agency Agreement (MAA) between the agency and the State Water Resources Control Board, which...more
Developments in water law and policy are highly relevant to our way of life. Drawing from their wealth of experience as defense attorneys, prosecutors, policy makers, and most recently having run the Office of Water at the...more
On October 13, 2021, Ohio EPA issued its water quality certification pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act for the 41 nationwide permits (NWPs) that are currently set to expire on March 18, 2022. NWPs offer a...more
The saga of judicial efforts to enforce the one-year limit on state review of applications for water quality certifications under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act shows no sign of reaching a conclusion. First, in Hoopa...more
On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Final Rule revising its regulations implementing Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Section 401 gives states and tribes the authority to...more
EPA also approves revisions to Maine’s water quality standards - On November 6, 2019 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued public notice of a proposed action to withdraw its February 2, 2015 decision that...more
On June 6, the State of Washington sued EPA in federal court to stop EPA from approving Washington’s own water quality standards. This is the latest installment in a multiyear battle over whether Washington’s water quality...more
The Washington State Attorney General (“AG”) filed a June 6th Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in United States District Court (Western District of Washington) against the United States...more