This week is going to be remembered for another definition of the Waters of the United States, commonly known as WOTUS, being struck down by a federal court. In this case, the U.S. District Court ...

The new definition would follow the Supreme Court ruling, limiting “Waters of the United States” to wetlands and water bodies connected to traditional interstate navigable waters.

United States, a fractured Supreme Court wiped away two decisions upholding the application of the Clean Water Act to wetlands connected to distant navigable waters via ditches and drains, but the ...

United States, 547 U.S. 175 (2006). Particularly with its Rapanos decision, the Court failed to clarify the meaning of the CWA phrase “waters of the United States” and the scope of federal ...

Called the Waters of the United States, or WOTUS, the hotly contested issue has wrangled its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court. It has been batted around among various presidential administrations ...

In United States v. Riverside Bayview (1985), the Supreme Court upheld a regulation that said that “navigable waters” include “freshwater wetlands” abutting navigable waters. But later in ...

United States (2006). There a fragmented Court held that the Clean Water Act does not regulate all wetlands, but it did not agree upon a standard for evaluating cases.

After rulemakings changed the definition of Waters of the United States, or WOTUS, in 2015, 2019 and 2020, the EPA again announced a revised definition last year, which will take effect March 20.

The Clean Water Act gives the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers jurisdiction over “navigable waters,” which are defined as “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). Nearly any activity that occurs within a ...

For centuries, navigable waters were identified as waterways used for commerce, such as floating logs or transporting furs. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department ...

In 2018, the Walla Walla District awarded a $321.3 million contract to Alstom Renewable US LLC, ... McNary Lock and Dam was just one of the first steps towards navigable waters. RELATED STORIES.