Vorys Law
MAY 25, 2023
In a highly anticipated opinion, the United States Supreme Court narrowed the scope of waters and wetlands considered to be "waters of the United States" ("WOTUS") and, therefore, subject to jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. In Sackett v. 2023) ( citing Rapanos v.
Environment, Law, and History
OCTOBER 18, 2022
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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E2 Law Blog
MAY 26, 2023
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.
Ocean Conservancy
DECEMBER 5, 2022
When we think about plastic pollution, we often think about where plastic products—from water bottles to microplastics—end up. But plastics present a much broader threat to our ocean, climate and marginalized coastal communities. More plastic means more pollution—for the climate, coastal communities and our ocean.
Vermont Law
APRIL 19, 2019
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. The court held that the county had violated the CWA by indirectly discharging into the ocean without a NPDES permit. Wells are among the CWA’s list of point source examples. County of Maui.
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. This effluent then travels approximately a half mile, through groundwater, to the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al.
The Energy Law Blog
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a memorandum providing States with guidance on how to address ocean acidification in their Clean Water Act 303(d) impairment listings. The EPA memo only addresses ocean acidification from a 303(d) list perspective and does not modify EPA’s Recommended Marine pH Criteria.
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