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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

NEPA remains the workhorse of natural resource litigation today. Clean Air Act. Clean Water Act. This law has done a good job at cleaning up municipal and industrial water pollution. This marked the beginning of a decade of legislative environmental legislation.

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You Cannot Just Read the Regulations to Understand Stormwater Permitting for Oil and Gas Activities!

The Energy Law Blog

To understand the stormwater permit requirements for oil and gas activities, you need to review not only the regulations that remain in force, but also the Clean Water Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. See Natural Resources Defense Council v. CWA ยง402(l)(2). 3d 591 (9th Cir.