An Arizona federal court has vacated the Trump Administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR). In the case of Pasqua Yaqui Tribe v. EPA, No. CV-20-00266 , the Court ruled that the Trump Administration’s regulatory effort to define the scope of the Clean Water Act (i.e. which rivers, streams and lakes are federally regulated) had “fundamental,
401 Water Quality Certification
The Basics of Wetland and Stream Permitting
By Joseph Koncelik on
Posted in Wetlands and Streams
Under the Clean Water Act (CWA), you cannot impact a federally protected stream or wetland unless you obtain a 404 permit from the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE).See 33 U.S.C. §§ 1344(a), 1362(7). If you trigger the need for a 404 permit, you will also need a 401 Water Quality Certification. Ohio Administrative Code…