Under section 404(g) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), States and Tribes are authorized to take an active role in the permitting of the discharge of dredged and fill material within their jurisdiction of ...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent a July 30th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Intent to Sue for Violations of the Endangered ...

The Environmental Council of the States (“ECOS”) transmitted a June 26th letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and ...

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2017 - States looking for more control over their own wetlands have long had the option of assuming authority of the Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting program from the U.S.

In a major reversal, the state of Arizona halted its efforts to take over a Clean Water Act program regulating dumping into streams, rivers, and other waterways, the Department of Environmental ...

A June 5 meeting of a Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet task force indicated the state is well on its way to assuming control of the Federal Clean Water Act Section 404 program for ...

WASHINGTON (Aug. 6, 2020) -- Yesterday, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the Honorable R.D. James, co-signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Secretary of the Florida ...

Florida — home to the Everglades and sprawling wetlands, marshes and bogs — wants to become the third state in history to take over the federal government’s job of overseeing wetland and water ...

A Florida agency is working to assume control of a federal program meant to protect the state’s wetlands, a move environmental groups say could further imperil dwindling natural ecosystems. The ...