Acoel
AUGUST 19, 2021
Posted on August 19, 2021 by Jeff Porter. EPA ordered them to halt that construction and remove fill they had placed on the lot based on the Agency’s conclusion that the lot was a wetland within the jurisdiction of the federal Clean Water Act and the Sacketts did not have the permit necessary to fill it.
Environment Next
AUGUST 31, 2021
On August 30, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona vacated a 2020 rulemaking that had pared back protections to certain bodies of water (see attached August 30, 2021 Opinion ). The 2020 rulemaking replaced a 2015 rule defining “waters of the United States” more broadly under the Clean Water Act.
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Acoel
JANUARY 12, 2023
The definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) determines federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The definition was originally proposed in a December 7, 2021 rulemaking. 715 (2006)). The agencies reverted back to this definition in August of 2021, when the U.S. It affects U.S.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Nitrate is one of the most violated federal drinking water standards, with EPA data showing 458 systems in violation in the fourth quarter of 2021. Politically powerful farm lobbies, preferring voluntary measures to curb nutrient pollution, have held off oversight under the Clean Water Act and other statutes.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The authority to do so is embedded in the federal 1972 Clean Water Act, which defined large livestock and poultry farms as “point sources” of water pollution that require permits to discharge their wastes. . pounds in 2006. The process for achieving that goal is called a TMDL – total maximum daily load.
ESA
AUGUST 30, 2021
UN plans virtual Biodiversity Conference in October 2021 and in-person meeting in April and May 2022. Innovation and Competition Act with representatives from the White House and the Commerce Department. 16, 2021 ). 16, 2021 ). Feds protect a bumblebee unseen since 2006 – E&E News. International.
Ohio Environmental Law
OCTOBER 6, 2021
An Arizona federal court has vacated the Trump Administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR). CV-20-00266 , the Court ruled that the Trump Administration’s regulatory effort to define the scope of the Clean Water Act (i.e. The Clean Water Act does not further define the phrase “waters of the United States.”
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