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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,

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

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 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,

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


Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment

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


Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Army Corps, Energy,

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