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Eleven states (but not Ohio) challenged US EPA’s new Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certification rule

On December 4, a coalition of eleven states and three industry groups filed a legal challenge to US EPA’s new Clean Water Act...


Tags: CWA, 401, WOTUS, Clean Water Act,

USEPA issues new 401 Water Quality Certification Rule

On September 14, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA ) released a pre-publication version of the Clean Water...


Tags: CWA, 401, WOTUS, Clean Water Act,

U.S. Supreme Court limits federal jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act

In a highly anticipated opinion, the United States Supreme Court narrowed the scope of waters and wetlands considered to be...


Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, U.S. Supreme Court

Re-notification required for Ohio's General Permit for Construction Stormwater Discharges

The Ohio General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Small and Large Construction Activities (Ohio EPA Permit No. OHC000005)...


Tags: Stormwater, Clean Water Act, construction, OEPA

President Biden's “Durable” WOTUS Rule temporarily blocked in Ohio.

In response to a request for preliminary injunction filed by the attorneys general of 24 states (including Ohio), a federal judge...


Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, waters of the United States, USEPA,

On May 18, 2022, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) issued the next generation of the Industrial Stormwater –...


Tags: Stormwater, NPDES, Industrial Storm Water General Renewal Permit, Clean Water Act,

On August 30, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona issued an Order vacating and remanding the Navigable...


Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment,

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently determined that Ohio waived its right to issue a water quality certification (WQC)...


Tags: Nationwide Permit 12, Clean Water Act, water quality certification, Energy,

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