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Supreme Court Sackett v. EPA narrowing scope of federally protected wetlands under Clean Water Act CWA, CWA provides US Army Corp of Engineers USACE and the EPA with regulatory and permitting authority over waters of the United States WOTUS with significant nexus test

The Sacketts made history again in their continuing saga to build a modest house on a small lot they purchased in Bonner County, Idaho where they filled in some soggy low land. For...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision yesterday in the case of Sackett v. EPA, upending wetland regulation nationwide and dealing a significant blow to the Biden...

Any day now the Supreme Court will issue its opinion, or opinions, in Sackett v. EPA. In doing so the Supreme Court could drive a stake through the heart of then-Justice Kennedy's significant nexus test for establishing Clean Water Act jurisdiction.

On March 20, 2023, the 500-plus page final Revised Definition of "Waters of the United States" ("2023 WOTUS Rule" or "Rule") went into effect, published jointly by the United States Environmental...

It's that song in your head that you can't stop hearing.  On March 20, 2023, the 500-plus page final Revised Definition of "Waters of the United States" ("2023 WOTUS...

US EPA and Army Corps of Engineers' latest Revised Definition of Waters of the US went into effect March 20, 2023. Federal ruling aims to define water resources protected by federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act but may face legal challenges like its predecessors.

The rule, released Friday, replaces the Navigable Waters Protection Rule that was put into place during the Trump Administration.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 9, 2020, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit overturned the criminal conviction of a Georgia man for dumping over 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel in a parking lot that migrated through a stormwater system into a creek.  United States of America v. Jaron Coleman, No. 19-CR-00043-WLS-TQL-1, 2020 WL 7244923 (11th Cir., Dec. 9, 2020).  Jaron Coleman had pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act and was sentence...