- EPA issues final rule on Clean Water Act Section 401🔍
- EPA Issues Proposed Water Quality Certification Rule🔍
- EPA Proposes a Modified Water Quality Certification Rule Creating ...🔍
- EPA Seeks Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Revise ...🔍
- EPA Updates Rule on State Water Reviews of Projects🔍
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- EPA Announces Another Revision to CWA Section 401 Certification ...🔍
- American Rivers statement on EPA decision to revise Clean Water ...🔍
EPA's New 401 Certification Rule
EPA issues final rule on Clean Water Act Section 401
The 2023 rule enhances states' and territories' certification process to protect water quality from federally permitted projects.
EPA Issues Proposed Water Quality Certification Rule
Section 401 of the CWA provides states and authorized tribes with the authority to block federal permits and licenses for projects that the ...
EPA Proposes a Modified Water Quality Certification Rule Creating ...
Because enforcement was not expressly addressed in Section 401, the EPA is not proposing regulations. In the 2020 Rule, there were certain ...
EPA Seeks Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Revise ...
EPA Seeks Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Revise the Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule ... On June 9, 2022, the U.S. ...
EPA Updates Rule on State Water Reviews of Projects
Section 401 allows states and tribes to grant or deny water quality certification for federal projects in order to protect water resources ...
After EPA's Rule Revision, CWA § 401 Remains Potent State Tool ...
Section 401 certifications can effectively give individual States veto power over interstate infrastructure projects, such as natural gas pipelines or electric ...
EPA Announces Another Revision to CWA Section 401 Certification ...
On May 27, 2021, the EPA announced in a press release that it will revise the 2020 Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification Rule ...
American Rivers statement on EPA decision to revise Clean Water ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced its intent to revise the 2020 Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule ...
EPA Issues Final Rule To Strengthen Water Protections
The agency's final Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule will support clear, efficient, and focused water ...
A Guide to the CWA Section 401 Permit Requirements, Process, and ...
The Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification is a permit issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state or tribal certifying ...
Policy Alert: EPA Proposes New Rules to Implement Clean Water ...
Quick overview: The EPA proposed changes to implementation of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0405) which ...
EPA Limits State Authority in New 401 Certification Final Rule
EPA issued its Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Final Rule on June 1, 2020 in an effort to comply with the directives of Executive ...
A New Battle Is Brewing In The War Over The Reach Of The Federal ...
EPA is publishing its final rule specifying the role of States and Tribes in the Federal licensing or permitting of activities that may ...
Future of EPA's Rule on State Water Quality Certification of Federal ...
Frustrated by states that have used their section 401 authority to thwart new energy projects—particularly natural gas pipelines—the Trump ...
EPA to Revise or Replace Trump-Era Clean Water Act Rules, But ...
The Trump EPA issued the final CWA Section 401 Certification Rule on July 13, 2020, with the goal of expediting infrastructure permitting by making the 401 ...
EPA's existing certification regulations and interim guidance, issue new guidance to ... that EPA clarify that state section 401 certifications ...
Clean Water. Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule, 87 Fed. Reg. 35,318 (June 9, 2022). (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2022- ...
EPA issues final rule to limit state authorities under the Clean Water ...
State Section 401 certifications approvals are required before the federal government may sign off on CWA Section 402 and 404 permits, Federal Energy Regulatory ...
EPA Issues Final Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule ...
On June 1, 2022, the EPA issued the "Proposed Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule" (the Proposed 2022 Rule) ...
United States Environmental Protection Agency Announces Final ...
This new rule comes in response to President Trump's Executive Order 13868, which required the EPA to review and modify Section 401 to be ...