Vermont Law
APRIL 19, 2019
In June 2013, the University of Hawaii prepared the Lahaina Groundwater Tracer Study for the State of Hawai‘i Department of Health, U.S. The treated wastewater effluent that the County of Maui was injecting into its wells was making its way through the groundwater and into the ocean. LAHAINA GROUNDWATER TRACER STUDY (2013), [link].
Circle of Blue
MARCH 23, 2022
The report marks the 50 th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, a landmark piece of legislation that, according to the report, has thus far failed to meet its intended goals. NOAA announced that nearly 60 percent of the United States is currently experiencing some level of drought, the largest part since 2013.
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The Energy Law Blog
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
That should change now that the Department of Justice (DOJ), acting jointly on behalf of EPA and BSEE, has announced its settlement with ATP Infrastructure Partners (ATP-IP) in the first joint judicial enforcement action resolving alleged violations of both the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA).
ESA
OCTOBER 24, 2022
ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press. Notably, Kimmerer is the author of the 2013 New York Times bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Four regional environmental organizations and the State of California filed lawsuits in federal district court for the Northern District of California challenging the EPA’s determination that the Redwood City Salt Ponds were not within the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act. The complaint alleged that the U.S. filed Sept.
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
The court said that having remanded to the Corps for consultation under the Endangered Species Act, it was not necessary to determine whether the Corps “made a fully informed and well-considered decision” under NEPA and the Clean Water Act. Federal Court Rejected NEPA Claims in Challenge to Gulf of Mexico Leases.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
In August 2017, NYSDEC conditionally denied the developer’s joint application for state law stream disturbance and freshwater wetlands permits, as well as for a water quality certificate pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, asserting that a recent D.C. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act.
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