New definitions in the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) RuleNaveen Adusumilli
EPA has sent a new final definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), setting the stage for what is likely to be a barrage of meetings where stakeholders on all sides will lay out their arguments for how the Supreme ...
throughout the country, similar to what has happened with the 2015 rule. The extensive scientific analyses underlying the 2015 rule are also very likely to be revived in the litigation challenging the final rule. In short, the only certainty with CWA jurisdiction at this point is continued ...
The State of Montana has had a long-standing disagreement with the federal government after the EPA shifted how it read and enforced a rule called the ‘Waters of the U.S.’ or WOTUS. Montana Attorney General’s offices spokesman John Barnes explains. “What happened going back to 2015 is ...
Unless, of course, the "foundational" rule is doing nothing more than formally repealing the Trump Administration regulations that EPA has already said it will not follow anyway, and reiterating the Administration's intention to act as if the Obama Administration's and Trump Administration's regul...
The EPA's revised waters of the US, or WOTUS, rule seeks to align with a Supreme Court ruling limitingwaters and wetlands under federal protection.The new post-Sackett rule says wetlands protected under the Clean Water Act must have a continuoussurface connection to navigable waterways, leaving ...
Report: New WOTUS rule on trackThe article reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's final rule to replace the 2015 Waters of the U.S. rule being under interagency review, according to the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association.Pit & Quarry...
First, they had the US Supreme Court ruling, and now there's a new rule to define waters of the US (WOTUS). In response to the recent US Supreme Court decision, Sackett v. EPA, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) issued a direct ...
EPA has sent a new final definition of "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), setting the stage for what is likely to be a barrage of meetings where stakeholders on all sides will lay out their arguments for how the Supreme ...