EPA is urging the Supreme Court to deny a Michigan road commission's petition seeking judicial review of federal \"objections\" to state-crafted Clean Water Act (CWA) section 404 permit proposals, arguing even when the agency uses its power to move authority over a permit away from state ...
Environmentalists Urge EPA To Strengthen 404 Permit Rule In Sackett's Wake Environmentalists are urging EPA to strengthen its proposed rule governing how state and tribal governments assume delegated authority over Clean Water Act... S Hess - 《Water Policy Report》 被引量: 0发表: 2023年 Washi...
While there is surely room for improvement, since 1972 the federal §404 program has provided substantial protection for wetlands and other aquatic resources through a permit process that requires avoidance and minimization of adverse effects and imposition of mitigation requirements for unavoidable impacts...
EPA Backs West Virginia CWA 401 Changes, Clearing Path For Key PipelinesEPA is endorsing changes West Virginia made to its Clean Water Act (CWA) water quality certification for an Army Corps of Engineers general permit allowing construction of two high-profile natural gas pipelines through the ...
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) is urging a federal district court to find that EPA violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when it allowed Florida to assume Clean Water Act (CWA) section 404 permitting authority, arguing the agency err
A federal judge appeared sympathetic to environmentalists’ claim that the Trump administration’s approval of Clean Water Act (CWA) dredge-and-fill permitting powers for Florida was procedurally flawed, but during a March 15 hearing struggled with whether they were directly harmed by those ...
The legislative efforts - including a Senate bill introduced March 25 and a bill slated for introduction soon in the lower chamber-would prevent the agency from retroactively or preemptively applying a CWA section 404(c) veto, limiting it only to vetoes during review of a pending permit ...
Over 350 environmental groups are petitioning the Army Corps of Engineers to revoke use of its streamlined Nationwide Permit (NWP) 58 for carbon dioxide pi... S Hess - 《Water Policy Report》 被引量: 0发表: 2023年 Lawmakers Renew Bid To Ease CWA Limits On Fire Retardants After Ruling A ...
Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit's May 29 order denying rehearing of its ruling leaves the Supreme Court as the commission's only hope of winning a new precedent that permit applicants can sue over EPA's objections- and an attorney for the commission says it has already decided to ...
"I don't know how often people have tried to enforce terms of a 404 permit," the attorney says.Erica MartinsonInside EPA's environmental policy alert