Innovation in Iowa: Talking About the Future of Watershed Management With Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig - Reflections on Water Podcast
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The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Charleville, LLC (“Charleville”) entered into a July 14th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing alleged violations of the Missouri Safe Drinking Water Act...more
Key Takeaways - Effective July 1, 2025, SB 492 makes significant revisions to Florida’s wetland mitigation banking framework, creating new flexibility for developers but also adding compliance considerations that will...more
Key Developments - At the end of the legislative session, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 49, limiting tort actions relating to the beneficial use of produced water, a byproduct of oil and gas extraction....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Dermott entered into a February 26th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean...more
On June 12, 2025, the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board approved a general permit regulating waste discharges from commercial vineyards in the region. The new General Waste Discharge Requirements for Commercial...more
The Florida Legislature enacted Senate Bill 796 which grants a General Permit for the replacement of existing onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems with distributed wastewater treatment systems (“DWTS”). The...more
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
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Rison, Arkansas entered into a February 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
Following its recent opinion in Village of Morrisville v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has once again waded into the issue of when a state waives its certification authority under...more
California’s regulatory authority over “waters of the state” continues to grow even as the federal definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) narrows under shifting legal and regulatory frameworks. In Sackett v. EPA...more
On March 4, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, holding that EPA does not have the authority to issue “end-result” requirements in National...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a May 21st memorandum titled” Clarification regarding the Application of Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification (“Memorandum”)....more
In a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court significantly narrowed the EPA's authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA) to impose so-called "end-result" requirements in NPDES permits. These "end-result" requirements...more
The US has a massive disparity between domestic uranium production and demand, highlighting a critical dependency on foreign sources, particularly as nuclear energy development is expected to increase. Recent federal public...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, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that prohibits the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “the Agency”) from setting qualitative limits based on the condition of the “receiving waters” that...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 Tuesday, March 4, the United States Supreme Court issued a major decision limiting the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA) as relates to permits governing...more
On March 4, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, in which it held that “end-result” requirements routinely imposed by the U.S....more
In a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court under the federal Clean Water Act, the Court threw out two requirements in the City of San Francisco’s wastewater discharge permit. The same or similar requirements are probably in your...more
With its opinion in San Francisco v. EPA, the U.S. Supreme Court has again acted to "right" the implementation of the federal Clean Water Act by overturning a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit interpretation of the...more
The Supreme Court of the United States (“Court”) issued an Opinion on March 4th in the case styled: City and County of San Francisco, California v. Environmental Protection Agency. See No. 23-753....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Select Sands America Corp. (“Select Sands”) entered into a July 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more