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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House on Tuesday failed to override a President Joe Biden veto, which means the administration’s regulation stays in place expanding which waters and wetlands can be regulated under the federal Clean Water Act. The House did not clear the two-thirds mark needed to overturn Biden’s veto of a resolution that […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments of a case between Idaho landowners and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a dispute that could redefine the scope of the country’s clean water regulations. The first case of the justices’ new term, landing just ahead of the Clean Water Act’s 50th anniversary, will […]
CHEYENNE, WY – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers held its final roundtable to gather stakeholder input on the Waters of the US rule as the Biden Administration looks to redefine what bodies of water can be federally regulated under the Clean Water Act. This was the last of 10 roundtables […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a 5-4 split, the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily revived a Trump-era rule intended to fast-track big energy projects by limiting the states’ power to curtail them under the Clean Water Act. According to Reuters, the majority voted to block the effect of an October ruling that vacated the 2020 rule […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the second time in nine years, an Idaho family will take their battle over a wetlands designation before the high court. The Supreme Court will hear a 15-year-old case that challenges language in the Waters of the U.S. Rule (WOTUS) that is now being rewritten. The justices will review a 9th circuit […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week will be an important one for several agriculture interests as the Supreme Court is expected to consider whether to hear a number of high-stakes petitions that could affect ranchers and farmers. In recent weeks the Supreme Court distributed three of four ag cases filed for a Jan. 7 conference. That […]
LOUISVILLE, KY – While little is known about how the Biden administration will rewrite Waters of the United States, or WOTUS, definitions, EPA Administrator Michael Regan said exemptions for farming and ranching activities would remain in place. In addition, Regan told state agriculture regulators the agency hopes to have a proposed rule reflecting pre-2015 definitions […]
DENVER, CO – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has vacated a district court’s stay of the Trump-era Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR) in Colorado, finding the lower court abused its discretion when it granted the state injunctive relief because Colorado has not shown it will suffer irreparable injury if the rule […]
