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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,

On July 3, 2023, Governor DeWine signed Ohio’s biennial budget legislation for FY2024-2025, House Bill 33, into law, which...


Tags: Brownfields, Environment, HB 33

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, Environment, 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, Environment, construction,

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, Environment,

On November 30, 2022, U.S.EPA finalized a rule adding 12 chemicals to the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). The 12 chemicals are as...


Tags: Toxic Release Inventory, Environment, USEPA, Industrial

On June 30, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a D.C. Circuit decision vacating U.S. EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy rule, which...


Tags: Clean Air Act, EPA, Environment, U.S. Supreme Court,

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