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MGKF Law
MAY 29, 2023
While the 9-0 decision was unanimous in judgment by holding that the Sacketts’ wetland was not subject to federal jurisdiction, the court was sharply divided as to the test to determine when an adjacent wetland qualifies as a Water of the United States (or “WOTUS”). United States, 547 U.S. 715, 754 (2006). See 88 Fed.
E2 Law Blog
MAY 26, 2023
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. Thus began nearly two decades of litigation, culminating in the Supreme Court’s May 25, 2023 decision in Sackett v.
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Acoel
MARCH 27, 2023
Posted on March 27, 2023 by Karen Aldridge Crawford On March 19, 2023, a federal district court in Texas granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting the January 2023 Revised Definition of Waters of the United States (2023 WOTUS rule) promulgated by Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers (the agencies), 88 Fed.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Lisa Johnson, the attorney representing Latkanich said, “It was news to me that the Department is admitting that there's a widespread presence of PFAS in public water sources. “I Testing results from the University of Pittsburgh found PFAS in the water well and other locations in the Latkanich home. See Paragraph 71 in appeal.]
The Energy Law Blog
APRIL 28, 2020
where the Court held that, in limited circumstances, a party discharging pollutants into groundwater that ultimately end up in navigable waters will need a permit under the Clean Water Act. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al. 33 U.S.C. §§ 1311(a), 1362(12)(A); see also 33 U.S.C. 1342 (NPDES provisions). 22250 (Apr.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 10, 2022
All of this was addressed to US Attorney Dick Thornburgh and accompanied by a demand that the Department of Justice take action under the Rivers and Harbors act of 1899. The samples had been gathered by two Penn State McKeesport Campus faculty members, and tested at the Allegheny County Testing Lab. He died in 2020.
Law and Environment
MAY 31, 2023
Environmental Protection Agency , which significantly narrowed the Clean Water Act’s (“CWA”) test for determining whether wetlands are protected “waters of the United States” and the federal permitting requirements for development projects in covered wetlands areas.
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