Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan signed the final action rule September 20 for the Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards of Performance and submitted it for publication in the… Read More
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Washington, D.C.—Top leaders in both chambers of Congress insisted they wanted to keep federal agencies funded even as they seemed to be running out of time to avoid a weekend… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule to restore the authority granted to states, territories and tribes to protect water resources under the Clean Water Act… Read More
The Supreme Court released its decision May 25 in one of the most anxiously awaited cases of its entire docket, Sackett v. EPA. The court handed a victory to the… Read More
A federal judge in North Dakota has blocked the Biden administration’s new definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) from taking effect in 24 states. Judge Daniel Hovland of… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Along with a new, concentrated inspection campaign focused on fire safety on small passenger vessels, the Coast Guard announced some vessels initially certificated prior to 1996 that carry 100… Read More
On December 30, the Environmental Protection Agency quietly announced that it had issued yet another “final” rule-making that defines “waters of the U.S.” The term has been a political football… Read More
On October 3, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments in one of the most closely watched cases of the year, a 15-year-old legal battle known as Sackett v. Environmental Protection… Read More
In its just-released ruling West Virginia vs. EPA, the Supreme Court not only throws out the Obama-era Clean Power Plan for good, it permanently changes the rules for how federal… Read More
Officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state environmental commissioners held a Mississippi River Corridor Summit on Water Infrastructure Funding with Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative (MRCTI) mayors… Read More
