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April 2024 WOTUS Litigation Update

The revision of the rule defining “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”; the “Post-Sackett Rule”) has not resolved the...


Tags: Isolated Wetlands, WOTUS, Clean Water Act, USEPA,

On March 26, 2024, USEPA published a plan to collect nationwide data on per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS) that will be...


Tags: Clean Water Act, PFAS, USEPA

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,

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