category congress Clean Water Act Related Topics 
E2 Law Blog
MAY 26, 2023
The wetlands at issue are separated by a 30-foot road from an unnamed tributary that feeds into a non-navigable creek that feeds into Priest Lake, a navigable but wholly intrastate water body. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE), the two federal agencies conferred by Congress with authority to oversee federal CWA implementation. at (slip op.
Vermont Law
MARCH 30, 2020
Since Congress enacted the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), federal circuit courts have contemplated the issue of whether groundwater pollution falls under the “navigable water” provision of the Clean Water Act’s (CWA)—albeit without tenable guidance.
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Law and Environment
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
It turns out that the common sense definition most people think of when they think about brownfield sites is not what Congress had in mind when it defined the term under CERCLA. The exclusions are lengthy and complicated, but can be conveniently placed into four categories. Here’s where the fun starts.
Circle of Blue
MAY 31, 2022
The EPA intends to deny a Clean Water Act permit for a mine development in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. Officials sign a Navajo-Utah water rights settlement. The EPA announces an interagency working group for water reuse. Water Reuse Working Group. government water policy. The Rundown.
Acoel
MAY 24, 2023
Supreme Court refused to enjoin the Texas statute because the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue state officials who had not yet acted on possible future private party actions under the new law. It remanded the case to the Fifth Circuit for further review of a narrow category of state officials who might still be sued in state court.
Vermont Law
JULY 26, 2020
These comments expressed major concerns that the permit MPCA planned to issue to PolyMet did not comply with the Clean Water Act. [2]. Government agencies commonly engage in misconduct of some sort, which is why Congress created the APA. All agency misconduct damages society but not to the same extent.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. A Weakened National Imperative. Both the bi-national agreement and the U.S.
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