CWA

The Ecological Restoration Business Association Issues Statement Regarding Army Corps Guidance Post Sackett

ERBA Applauds Corps Guidance on Watershed Approach and Mitigation Post-Sackett      From ERBA: Last Friday, on World Water Day, Assistant Secretary for the Army Michael Connor issued guidance affirming the position of the 2008 Compensatory Mitigation Rule (“Rule”) that restoration of non-jurisdictional waters and wetlands at compensatory mitigation sites may offset impacts to jurisdictional […]

EPA Broke Federal Law By Delegating Wetland Permitting to States?!

A federal court decided in February that in the rush to transfer wetlands permitting authority to Florida in the final days of the Trump administration, federal agencies and officials had violated the Endangered Species Act and other federal laws. Florida took over permitting under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act in December 2020. The […]

Reviving the ‘Just One Molecule’ Rule? Clean Water Act Permit Revoked Upon Newly Adopted Tribal Water Quality Standards

In March 2019, the U.S. Army Corps (“Corps”) issued a Clean Water Act, Section 404 (“CWA”) permit to PolyMet Mining Inc. (“PolyMet”) for an open-pit copper-nickel mine in Minnesota. CWA, Section 404, requires Corps authorization before any work involving placement of fill or discharge of dredged materials begins in any waters of the United States […]

Sackett and the Supreme Court: Back to Basics or EPA’s Shrinking Jurisdiction?

To look at the headlines today, you might think the sky was falling and the United States was headed off into a ditch somewhere—all because of the United States Supreme Court.  Headlines proclaiming that the Supreme Court “delivered a blow to wetlands” (NBC News), “shrinks clean water protections” (The Guardian), “weakens clean water protections” (Vox) […]

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