The Environmental Council of the States (“ECOS”) transmitted a June 26th letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and ...

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The U.S. Army released a memorandum taking initial steps to empower States and tribes in assuming Section 404 permit authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA). In taking on this authority, States and ...

Florida — home to the Everglades and sprawling wetlands, marshes and bogs — wants to become the third state in history to take over the federal government’s job of overseeing wetland and water ...

The agency plans to revise a dredge-and-fill Clean Water Act permitting program that has drawn interest from deregulatory champions. EPA is moving forward with plans to clarify how states can take ...

On February 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion invalidating the State of Florida’s (State) partial assumption of the Section 404 permitting program under ...

Under section 404(g) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), States and Tribes are authorized to take an active role in the permitting of the discharge of dredged and fill material within their jurisdiction of ...

In a major reversal, the state of Arizona halted its efforts to take over a Clean Water Act program regulating dumping into streams, rivers, and other waterways, the Department of Environmental ...

This chapter describes the evolution of compensatory mitigation requirements in the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 program, including agency guidance on the use of mitigation banks and in-lieu fees ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants the state of Alaska to revisit the idea of taking over one of the most complex and contentious development authorizations in the country. The governor included just more than ...