By Ryan Yonk, Ken Sim, and Josh DeFriez The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers have proposed a rule changing the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Under current law, whether or not a water body qualifies as “waters of the United States” is determined case-by-case. […]
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: The “Waters of the United States” Rule and the Void-for-Vagueness Doctrine
/in STUDIES /by wpengineBy 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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THE MERCATUS CENTER: Public Interest Comment: Definition of “Waters of the United States” Under the Clean Water Act
/in Uncategorized /by wpengineBy Ryan Yonk, Ken Sim, and Josh DeFriez The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers have proposed a rule changing the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Under current law, whether or not a water body qualifies as “waters of the United States” is determined case-by-case. […]