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U.C. Davis Law School to Host “Clean Water Act at 50” Conference

Legal Planet

On Friday, October 7th, the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at U.C. Davis School of Law will convene a major, day-long conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act. Davis School of Law. The event will assess the progress the U.S. Hall, the U.C. The post U.C.

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The US Clean Water Act at 50

Environment, Law, and History

Another 50th anniversary: Legal Planet reports that the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at U.C. Davis School of Law will convene a conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act on Friday, October 7th. Davis School of Law. Advance registration is required.

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Will EPA Ignore a Flagrant Violation of the Clean Water Act?

Acoel

On October 15 th a large mob engaged in a public and ritualistic violation of the Clean Water Act in Knoxville, Tennessee. There can be no doubt the mob’s actions violated the Clean Water Act. In addition to government enforcement proceedings, the threat of a citizen suit cannot be overlooked.

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More on the Clean Water Act at 50

Environment, Law, and History

Legal Planet's Richard Frank posted today on the US Clean Water Act's 50th birthday. Nevertheless, and with the possible exception of the Clean Air Act, no law enacted as part of the outpouring of federal environmental legislation in the 1970’s has proven more successful and transformational than the CWA.

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Supreme Court Issues Decision Sharply Limiting Clean Water Act Jurisdiction over Wetlands

E2 Law Blog

The wetlands at issue are separated by a 30-foot road from an unnamed tributary that feeds into a non-navigable creek that feeds into Priest Lake, a navigable but wholly intrastate water body. Thus began nearly two decades of litigation, culminating in the Supreme Court’s May 25, 2023 decision in Sackett v. EPA , 598 U.S. at (slip op.

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Supreme Court Curtails Federal Wetlands Protections; Developers Still Must Consider State and Local Wetlands Laws

Law and Environment

It also adopted the Scalia plurality’s interpretation of covered “wetlands adjacent” to traditional navigable waters under CWA § 1344(g)(1), which governs federal permitting for discharges of dredged or fill material, as wetlands that are “as a practical matter indistinguishable from waters of the United States.”

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What’s Up With Water — March 29, 2022

Circle of Blue

Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. In Thailand, the government cancelled a dredging and blasting project that would have straightened a rocky stretch of the Mekong River to accommodate large cargo ships. waters that are fishable and swimmable. Transcript.

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