On January 22, 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in National Assoc. of Manufacturers v. Department of Defense that federal district courts have original jurisdiction to hear challenges to the 2015 Obama Administration Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule which defined the extent of federal jurisdiction over streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act.  After

The Science Advisory Board (SAB) has provided advice and comment on EPA’s proposed rule that defines which streams and wetlands are federally regulated.  The SAB’s comments are interesting in two ways:

  • Despite comments that EPA’s proposal pulls under federal regulation way too many waterways, SAB believes there are too many exceptions in the EPA’s proposal;