Clean Water Act Pollution Control Regulations 
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Davis School of Law will convene a major, day-long conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act. This conference will provide an important, interdisciplinary perspective on the Clean Water Act and water quality issues, thanks to CELPC’s conference planning partners: U.C.D’s
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.
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Environment, Law, and History
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Legal Planet's Richard Frank posted today on the US Clean Water Act's 50th birthday. The nation’s rivers, streams, lakes and ocean waters are dramatically cleaner and healthier than they were a half-century ago. And the number of private CWA enforcement lawsuits far exceeds those brought by federal and state regulators.
Vermont Law
MARCH 30, 2020
On September 12, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a judgment that added another untenable wrinkle in the fabric of groundwater pollution regulation. At first blush, groundwater appears distinct from the federally regulated category of navigable waters. Sierra Club v.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 10, 2022
But if Justice declined to act, the two intrepid canoers were positioned to make a political statement as well. Some history: Congress passed annual Rivers and Harbors Acts in the late 19th century, to make appropriations to the Corps of Engineers, to regulate construction in navigable waters, and to protect navigable channels.
Smith Enviorment
JUNE 7, 2023
Supreme Court has issued a decision significantly limiting federal Clean Water Act regulation of wetlands just as the N.C. General Assembly has been moving legislation to limit state water quality protection for wetlands. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) share responsibility for implementing the Clean Water Act.
Acoel
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
For fifty years the Clean Water Act has exempted agriculture from federal regulation and left the problem for the states to regulate. Voluntary programs have failed to solve the problem, and market-based trading solutions have rarely gotten serious traction.
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