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What’s a Wetland?: The Final Waters of the US Rule
The Practical Application of the Significant Nexus Test: The Final Waters of the US Rule
Traditionally Navigable Waters and the Possibility of Future Use: The Final Waters of the US Rule
EPA, Army Corps Redefine Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
Wetlands and drainage after Rapanos
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"WETLANDS AND DRAINAGE AFTER RAPANOS: A “SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS" by Sherry A. Enzler and Jean Coleman
Clean Water Rule
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Selected quotes from the rule are below, all 297 pages are available here
This final rule does not establish any regulatory requirements. Instead, it is a definitional rule that clarifies the scope of “waters of the United States” consistent with the Clean Water Act (CWA), Supreme Court precedent, and science......
In this final rule, the agencies clarify the scope of “waters of the United States” that are protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA), based upon the text of the statute, Supreme Court decisions, the best available peer-reviewed science, public input, and the agencies’ technical expertise and experience in implementing the statute. This rule makes the process of identifying waters protected under the CWA easier to understand, more predictable, and consistent with the law and peer-reviewed science, while protecting the streams and wetlands that form the foundation of our nation’s water resources.
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WATER POLICY: In major shift, new rule excludes some wetlands, ponds
Wetlands in the News
20 April 2024
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Iowa company's lawsuit challenges federal ‘swampbuster law’ that protects wetlands
CTM Holdings is challenging a 1985 federal law that cuts off USDA benefits for property owners who develop or cultivate designated wetlands...
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Field-margin wetlands alone can't fix the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone, say researchers
Each summer, a hypoxic dead zone forms in the Gulf of Mexico, making some marine habitats unlivable. The dead zone is caused by nutrients—primarily from agricultural fertilizers—flowing into the Gulf...
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Winter Haven approves $3.7M contract to transform reclaimed wetlands into Lake Conine park
The park will have a mile-long trail around its perimeter with smaller trails inside, picnic tables, a playground, an osprey tower and a bat house.
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Coastal wetlands can’t keep pace with sea-level rise, and infrastructure is leaving them nowhere to go
Wetlands have flourished along the world’s coastlines for thousands of years, playing valuable roles in the lives of people and wildlife. They protect the land from storm surge, stop seawater from...
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Wetlands issue is way bigger than lakes
Let’s pick up where we left off six weeks ago. You, faithful reader of this column, already understand some effects of the state’s designating parts of Chautauqua Lake as wetlands. For one, any...