Hoffman Homes, Inc. v. EPA

ELR Citation: ELR 21148
No(s). 90-3810 (7th Cir. Apr 20, 1992)

The court holds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulation at 40 C.F.R. §230.3(s)(3) defining intrastate, nonadjacent (isolated) wetlands as "waters of the United States" under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) is invalid, and the court vacates a $50,000 admini...