A district court granted EPA's motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to compel agency action regarding regulation of sewage sludge under the CWA. Texas farmers and ranchers sued EPA, arguing…
A district court denied summary judgment for the Navy in a CWA citizen suit concerning the release of fuel into bodies of freshwater on the island of Oahu. Environmental groups sued, arguing the…
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in part for the Bureau of Reclamation in a challenge to a California irrigation project that has operated without an NPDES permit since 1997 pursuant to…
A district court granted EPA's motion to dismiss a challenge to its 2022 denial of a coal-fired power plant's request to extend the deadline to comply with an amendment to the…
A district court granted an environmental group's motion for preliminary injunction in a CWA citizen suit brought against a chemical manufacturer for discharging per- and polyfluoroalkyl…
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of a CWA citizen suit brought against a hotel owner for filling a nearby wetland. Environmental groups argued the hotel violated the CWA by failing to…
A district court denied summary judgment for environmental groups in a challenge to the Bureau of Reclamation's application of provisions of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the…
The Ninth Circuit granted in part environmental groups' petition to review EPA's decision refusing to revise technology-based effluent limits, guidelines, and standards (ELGs) for…
A district court vacated its preliminary injunction in an environmental groups' challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' issuance of a dredge-and-fill permit for a dam expansion project…
The Fifth Circuit dismissed environmental groups' petition to review an EPA rule granting Louisiana primary enforcement authority over Class VI underground carbon sequestration wells. The…