National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JULY 11, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

AUGUST 5, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JUNE 12, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JUNE 26, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

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Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 1, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

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Law

National Law Center

JUNE 4, 2025

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Law

National Law Center

JUNE 17, 2025

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2025

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It is mind- bog -gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. It also cannot happen when wetlands literally save property and lives by being buffers against winds and storm surges.

Carbon Dioxide

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And it left Steglitz irritated that he and his staff have to spend so much energy reacting to chemical threats that compromise Ann Arbor’s drinking water. “It’s The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste.

Toxic Substances Control Act

The Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2016

The United States Supreme Court recently addressed whether the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ determination that wetlands are “waters of the United States” constitutes a final agency action that is subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act in U.S. 15-290, 2016 WL 3041052 (U.S. May 31, 2016).

Clean Water Act

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 per acre on average in 2016 from 16.2 pounds in 2006. That’s a 15 percent increase. .

Regulations

Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

Four non-profit environmental groups (Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club-Maui Group, Surfrider Foundation, and West Maui Preservation Association) brought a suit against the County of Maui, alleging that the county violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) because they did not have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

There will also be a full day MS-4 track for municipal staff and consultants charged with implementing stormwater regulations. Continuing education credits will be available for engineers and landscaping professionals. Continuing education credits will be available for engineers and landscaping professionals.

Clean Water Act

The Energy Law

APRIL 25, 2016

On April 21, 2016 the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied several petitions for rehearing en banc a Sixth Circuit panel decision that looked at which courts (federal district court or federal courts of appeal) have original jurisdiction to hear challenges to the EPA’s Clean Water Rule.

Clean Water Act

E2 Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2022

The Maryland Department of the Environment has for many years sought to meet its obligations under the Clean Water Act and the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load in part by imposing obligations on municipal separate storm sewers (MS4s) beyond the statutory minimum imposition of control to the “maximum extent practicable” or “MEP.”

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pam Taylor, a member of Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan, manages one of the country’s largest citizen-led water monitoring programs. The 1972 Clean Water Act immunizes crop farmers from government regulations to control agricultural runoff. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.

2020

Washington Nature

DECEMBER 20, 2022

TNC was pleased to host a press conference in 2016 when the federal agencies signed an MOU and we’re even more pleased now to see the Task Force get codified in law. Sea star found in the intertidal zone along Puget Sound in Washington.

2026

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

During his tenure, the Commission advanced significant water resource policy and management measures for the benefit of over 14 million people, including-- -- Providing coordinated regulatory efficiency "One Process One Permit" programs with multiple state environmental protection agencies. -- Executing collaborative measures to manage significant, (..)

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

Since 2016 the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has been giving small funds to farmers who plant cover crops or switch to no-till farming. These practices can limit runoff, but they are expensive to implement.

2023

The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2016

The judgment is the latest in a suit the EPA filed against CITGO under the Clean Water Act for a 2006 spill at the oil company’s St. District Court Judge Richard Haik found CITGO negligent, and, based on the factors in the Clean Water Act, imposed a $6 million civil penalty. Charles refinery.

Clean Water Act

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Metcalfe was again critical of DEP’s delay in finalizing this regulation when DEP knew of the EPA’s oil and gas emission limit requirement starting in 2016. The alternative for Rep. He did not mention, Rep. Seif, Former EPA Region III Administrator, Secretary of DEP [PaEN] [Posted: October 12, 2022] PA Environment Digest

Regulations

CEQA Developments

MARCH 4, 2021

In the area of State Water Resources Control Board (“SWRCB” or the “State Board”) water quality certifications (“WQCs”) under the Federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”; 33 U.S.C § 1251 et seq), this bedrock principle appears to have been watered down, and it may be significantly eroding under pressure from a preemptive federal law deadline.

Clean Water Act

Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S.

Clean Water Act

Acoel

JULY 12, 2021

The 2016 Lautenberg Amendments turning five on June 22, 2021 provides a perfect opportunity to reflect on how this ambitious and bold statute is growing up –­ and faring in the courts. The past five years have been quite a ride for the 2016 Lautenberg Amendments. Posted on July 12, 2021 by Alexandra Dapolito Dunn.

Clean Air Act

Greenbuilding Law

JULY 4, 2021

a list that could only exist in a government regulation or a cognitive ability test for the term that does not belong) each are exempted from being calculated for the purposes of a State Plan under the 2016 Exceptional Events Rule ( 41 CFR 50.14 ), “Fireworks displays. “Wildfires, high winds, volcanoes and fireworks” (.

Air Pollution

Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 6, 2020

The EMC and water quality staff in the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) spent seven years developing a nutrient management strategy to address water quality standard violations in Jordan Lake as required by the federal Clean Water Act and by state water quality laws. That isn’t broken.

2009

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

11 Executive Council Meeting - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $3 Million To Restore Watersheds Statewide By Reducing Water Pollution [PaEN] -- Lancaster County Community Foundation Announce More Than $100,000 In Lancaster Clean Water Fund Grants [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline - P.J.

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

Industrial meat and poultry slaughterhouses dump millions of pounds of pollutants into the nation’s waters every year. The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution.

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. A Weakened National Imperative. Both the bi-national agreement and the U.S.

Clean Water Act