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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

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Additionally, USFWS is proposing listing Texas fawnsfoot ( Truncilla macrodon ) as a threatened species. The agency attributes the species status to declining water quality and quantity. This proposed rule also designates 1,944 river miles as critical habitat for the species. Army: Full environmental review of $9.4B

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

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The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. United States case and created two legal tests for determining the applicability of the Clean Water Act – Justice Anthony M. The significant nexus test determines that the Clean Water Act applies if wetlands have a “significant nexus” to regulated waters.

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