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Supreme Court Issues Decision Sharply Limiting Clean Water Act Jurisdiction over Wetlands

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A few months later, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notified the Sacketts that their property contained wetlands and ordered the couple to restore the site or face penalties of up to $40,000 a day. 715 (2006), and embraced ever since in a series of rulemakings and jurisdictional determinations by the EPA and the U.S.

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Supreme Court Curtails Federal Wetlands Protections; Developers Still Must Consider State and Local Wetlands Laws

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Environmental Protection Agency , which significantly narrowed the Clean Water Act’s (“CWA”) test for determining whether wetlands are protectedwaters of the United States” and the federal permitting requirements for development projects in covered wetlands areas. United States , 547 U.S.

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Federal Water Tap, December 5: For Tribes, White House Promises Climate Relocation Funding, Water Pollution Standards

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In conjunction with a White House summit, the Biden administration proposed strengthening water quality standards for rivers and lakes in order to preserve the ability of Indian tribes to fish, gather, and use their lands in ceremonies. This is the first time the EPA has set biofuels targets under the program that began in 2006.

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

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Circuit Court of Appeals directed the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of chlorpyrifos in instances where it harms workers and children. Army: Full environmental review of $9.4B Feds protect a bumblebee unseen since 2006 – E&E News. This decision comes after the 9 th U.S. Justice Dept.

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ESA Policy News: January 9, 2023

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s topline budget is $10.13 The EPA’s Geographic Programs budget, which funds the restoration of nationally significant bodies of water, such as the Great Lakes and the Chesapeake Bay, is increased to $681.7 Appropriators increase the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget $6.2

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation.

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