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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...


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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...


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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...


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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...


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


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On April 21, 2020, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers published the final Navigable Waters Protection Rule amending the...


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On December 11, 2018, USEPA and the Army Corps of Engineers proposed a new rule defining "water of the United States" (WOTUS)...


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On May 1, 2018, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota affirmed a Magistrate’s decision to...


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