As a result of the District Court’s action vacating the 2020 Rule, the original 1971 water quality certification rules were to govern the CWA Section 401 water quality certification process until EPA enacted new rules. However, in an emergency order on ...
EPA proposes rule to revise CWA Section 401 certification processNick SnowOil & Gas Journal
A federal judge in South Carolina has granted EPA’s request to remand without vacatur the Trump-era Clean Water Act (CWA) rule that narrowed how states evaluate whether federal permits protect state water quality standards, a decision that will likely ease the Biden administration’s efforts to...
In 2019, the D.C. Circuit in Hoopa Valley Tribe v. FERC held that the plain language of Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 establishes a bright-line...
Approximately 58 percent of our employees are represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) or other unions. In February 2010, the Company and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced a tentative agreement covering ...
impounded water and downstream of the dam, states have required hydroelectric applicants seeking a license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to obtain certification, pursuant to section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), that the project will not violate water quality standards. ...
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seeking legislative changes to the Clean Water Act section 401 water quality certification process are urging EPA to revise its policy on the issue and saying current agency guidance incorrectly characterizes some aspects of the law, while still touting their bill to implement some of the revisions...
The article discusses how sections 303(d) and 401 of the U.S. Clean Water Act (CWA) may require the preservation of entire ecosystems, even though these CWA sections only require land managers to protect water quality. Thus, ecosystem preservation constitutes an implied mandate. The article ...