The Wetlands Coverage of the Clean Water Act

U.S. Supreme Court narrows scope of Clean Water Act

But for the federal law to apply to a wetland, it “must be indistinguishably part of a” covered water, he wrote. The ruling represents a ...

When the Supreme Court Gutted Clean Water Protections, Local ...

One year ago this week, the Supreme Court weakened the Clean Water Act and removed protections for no less than 118 million acres of ...

The Clean Water Act of 2023

The Clean Water Act of 2023 aims to strengthen water resource management post-Sackett v. EPA by reaffirming congressional commitment to the ...

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Ruling in Clean Water Act Case - Clark Hill

The CWA generally prohibits the discharge of a pollutant into navigable waters, defining “navigable waters” as “the waters of the United States, ...

U.S. Supreme Court Narrows WOTUS, Limiting Scope of Clean ...

As to “adjacent” wetlands, however, the Navigable Waters Protection Rule retained the concept of jurisdiction over wetlands that are ...

Supreme Court Curtails Federal Jurisdiction Over Wetlands Under ...

Supreme Court Curtails Federal Jurisdiction Over Wetlands Under Clean Water Act ... On May 25, the U.S. Supreme Court published an opinion (this ...

Jurisdictional Waters Under the Clean Water Act - - American Rivers

There are several categories of waters that will be covered by the Clean Water Act under the new Clean Water Rule. The streams and wetlands ...

Which wetlands should receive federal protection? The Supreme ...

The Clean Water Act regulates discharges of pollutants into “waters of the United States.” Lawful discharges may occur if a pollution source ...

Machine learning identifies federally protected waters

Under the new rule, the share of the nation's streams subject to CWA protection fell to less than half, and the share of wetlands dropped to one ...

Supreme Court Narrows the Clean Water Act's Jurisdictional Reach ...

The CWA prohibits discharging pollutants – including rocks and sand – into navigable waters, defined as “the waters of the United States” (“ ...

U.S. Supreme Court Limits Clean Water Act's Reach Over Wetlands

All nine justices agreed the definition of waters of the United States (“WOTUS”) found in the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) did not extend to the ...

september 2023 law review 1 supreme court “wetlands” standard ...

SEPTEMBER 2023 LAW REVIEW. 1. SUPREME COURT “WETLANDS” STANDARD UNDER CLEAN WATER ACT. James C. Kozlowski, J.D., Ph.D. In the case of Sackett v. EPA, 2023 U.S. ...

US Supreme Court Narrows Wetlands Jurisdiction Under Clean ...

US Supreme Court Narrows Wetlands Jurisdiction Under Clean Water Act ... On May 25, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Sackett v. EPA ...

Supreme Court erases protections for most wetlands - E&E News

The Supreme Court's Thursday ruling in a Clean Water Act case involving an Idaho couple's property erases protections for the majority of the nation's wetlands.

Clean Water Act (CWA) | Environmental Law Institute

Most states will need to inventory their existing waters and wetlands programs to determine whether and how to compensate for this historic shift in coverage at ...

WOTUS at SCOTUS: Supreme Court Shrinks Clean Water Act ...

The Court clarified that wetlands are covered waters only when they share a “continuous surface connection” to bodies of water that are covered ...

Sackett v. EPA Supreme Court Decision: Clean Water Act Does Not ...

The United States Supreme Court rules in Sackett v. EPA that the federal clean water act (CWA) does not regulate “isolated” wetlands.

Wetlands Redefined: Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Clean Water ...

On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court introduced a new test to determine whether wetlands are subject to Clean Water Act regulation - the ...

2020 US rule dramatically deregulated wetlands, streams and ...

New research used machine learning to more accurately predict which waterways are protected by the Clean Water Act. The analysis found that ...

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act requires authorization from the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, for the discharge of dredged ...