Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 7, 2025
Congress overwhelmingly voted for the Clean Water Act in 1972, and George H.W. Bush respectively signed into law the Clean Water Act and the North American Wetlands Conservation Act in 1989. Bush’s “no net loss” pledge resulted in only one recorded period of slight net wetland gain, 1998 to 2004.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Regan also said that the EPA will propose a draft regulation in November that would define the waterbodies that are regulated by the Clean Water Act. Some scholars argue that the stress test is not stressful enough for depicting a worst-case scenario of several extremely dry years, like those that occurred in 2000 to 2004.
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E2 Law Blog
MAY 26, 2023
In 2004 Michael and Chantell Sackett bought property near Priest Lake, Idaho and backfilled the lot with dirt in preparation for building a house. 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.
E2 Law Blog
MAY 24, 2021
The landfill leaked, and Guam entered into a Clean Water Act consent decree under which the Territory agreed to implement what would, were the enforcement program CERCLA, have been a response to the releases from the landfill. In Guam’s case, that was a good thing. 9607, 9613. The Supreme Court disagreed.
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 12, 2022
The Army Corps issued a key Clean Water Act permit for a proposed reservoir in northern Colorado that will be located outside of Fort Collins. With a planned capacity of 170,000 acre-feet, Glade reservoir is part of the $2 billion Northern Integrated Supply Project, a municipal water supply project.
Corp Watch
JANUARY 17, 2024
Several workers have also been injured and others killed in explosions at the Point Comfort plant in 2005 and at a PVC plant in Illiopolis , Illinois in 2004. PVC plants operated by Formosa in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and in Point Comfort, Texas, have also been subject to numerous protests over pollution and elevated cancer rates.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The court found that the plaintiffs pled plausible claims under the Commerce Clause and Property Clause that President Trump exceeded his legal authority when he issued the permit, as well as claims that the 2019 permit violated a 2004 executive order that established a permitting process for cross-border pipelines.
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