AEI: Waters of the US Rule and Clean Water Act Fail to Provide Cost-Effective Improvements in Water Quality

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To protect navigable waters, the Clean Water Act’s jurisdiction extends to waters linked to navigable ones. But because essentially all waters are connected, under the 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, agencies will assess the degree of connectivity on a case-by-case basis. A recent executive order from President Donald Trump asks the Environmental […]

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THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: What You Need to Know About the EPA/Corps Water Rule: It’s a Power Grab and an Attack on Property Rights

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By Daren Bakst

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THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: The “Waters of the United States” Rule and the Void-for-Vagueness Doctrine

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By Paul J. Larkin Jr.

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OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: Politicization of the Waters of the United States Rulemaking

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EPW: From Preventing Pollution of Navigable and Interstate Waters to Regulating Farm Fields, Puddles and Dry Land: A Senate Report on the Expansion of Jurisdiction Claimed by the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental

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THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY: Redefining “Waters of the United States”: Is EPA Undermining Cooperative Federalism?

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By Karen Bennett (Hunton & Williams LLP environmental counsel) and John Henson (Hunton & Williams LLP associate)

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