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Waters of the United States NPDES Jurisdiction

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Waters of the United States/ Construction General NPDES Stormwater Permit: Federal District Court Addresses Request to Dismiss...

A United States District Court (D. Massachusetts) (“Court”) addressed in a February 25th Memorandum and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue arising pursuant to a Clean Water Act citizen-suit action. See Blackstone Headwaters...more

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Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require a Clean Water Act NPDES Permit?: Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Clean Water...

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) and other municipalities filed an Amicus Brief in the pending Supreme Court of the United States case styled County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, et al....more

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Waters of the United States/U.S. EPA Proposed Rule: St. Francis Levee District of Arkansas Comments

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has received thousands of comments in the Administrative Docket for the proposed revisions to the Clean Water Act definition of Waters of the United States (“WOTUS”)....more

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Will the Supreme Court Plug the Holes in Conduit Theory to Draw Clean Water Act Away from Groundwater?

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The United States Supreme Court will hear a case this term to decide whether provisions of the Clean Water Act ("CWA") impose liability on activities that discharge pollutants through groundwater that ultimately reach surface...more

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High Court to Clarify Murkiness of Clean Water Act Liability for Pollution Via Groundwater

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Recently, the United States Supreme Court agreed to consider whether liability under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) extends to pollution traveling through groundwater prior to reaching federally regulated water. The Court’s...more

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Waters of the United States/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposes New Rule

On December 11th the United States Environmental Protection Agency and United States Corps of Engineers (collectively “EPA”) announced the proposal of a new rule addressing the Clean Water Act definition waters of the United...more

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The Supreme Court Clarifies Court Jurisdiction in Challenges to Clean Water Act Rules; Muddies the Water for WOTUS

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The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that challenges to the Waters of the United States (“WOTUS”) Rule, which defines the jurisdictional reach of the Clean Water Act, must be resolved in federal district courts and not the...more

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The Supreme Court Sends WOTUS Rule Challenges to the District Courts — It’s Good to Be King

On January 22,2018, the Supreme Court ruled that challenges to the WOTUS Rule must be heard in the district courts. At a certain level, the decision was easy and obvious – as evidenced by the absence of any dissent. ...more

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Future of Waters of the United States/Examining the Role of States: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, &...

The Subcommittee on Environment of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, & Technology (“Committee”) is holding a hearing today titled: ...Waters of the United States: Examining the Role of...more

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