Supreme Court on WOTUS – Challenges Must Begin in District Courts

2019-11-05T14:41:36-05:00January 25th, 2018|Categories: Environmental, EPA|Tags: , , , , , |

In an unusual development, the U.S. Supreme Court, which is almost always divided over interpretations of U.S. environmental law, ruled unanimously that challenges to the EPA/Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) 2015 Clean Water Rule (CWR) must be heard first in U.S. district courts, not federal appeals courts. [...]

Waters of the United States (WOTUS)

2015-10-21T16:02:00-04:00October 21st, 2015|Categories: Environmental, EPA|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

In late May, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers unveiled the final version of the Clean Water Rule, aka WOTUS, for its redefinition of Waters of the United States. What is WOTUS and What Does It Do Briefly, WOTUS redefines which [...]

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