Jun 20, 2024 EPA and the Corps have won one in North Carolina but their most recent Waters of the United States rule isn't nearly out of the woods yet. By Jeff Porter Judge Boyle of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina has denied the Pacific Legal Foundation's client an...
May 10, 2024 EPA may avoid a nationwide injunction against its most recent WOTUS rule, but the rule is still in hot water. By Jeff Porter Sam Hess of Inside EPA has a fulsome report on EPA's everything but the kitchen sink attempt to avoid a nationwide freeze of its most...
Dec 20, 2023 An early Christmas present from three Fifth Circuit Judges who concluded a Louisiana property is not subject to Federal Clean Water Act Jurisdiction By Jeff Porter Garry Lewis owns 2000 acres in Livingston Parish, Louisiana and he has been fighting with the Army Corps of Engineers over whether any of...
Aug 31, 2023 Instead of complaining about EPA's definitions of Waters of the United States, perhaps Congress might supply one of its own? By Jeff Porter Sam Hess's report in Inside EPA paints a nuanced picture of the apparently never ending controversy over the reach of the Clean Water...
Aug 03, 2023 Will EPA's 9th attempt to determine the reach of the Clean Water Act be the charm? The Waters Advocacy Coalition doesn't seem to think so. By Jeff Porter Last week the Waters Advocacy Coalition sent to the heads of the Environmental Protection Administration and the Corps of Engineers many...
Oct 03, 2022 The Sacketts' second day in the nation's highest court is over. What's next? By Jeff Porter This morning the Supreme Court of the United States heard from the Sacketts of Idaho for the second time. For sixteen years the Sacketts...