waters of the United States, the degradation or destruction of which
only while they are "in the navigable
waters of the United States,
This Note will test the validity of Part II by applying its framework to the
waters of the United States case study in Part III.
It also means that methods of evaluating
waters of the United States could change significantly as the EPA broadens its view of "waters" flowing to drainage basins.
* On June 29, Arkansas and 11 other states sued the EPA over its rules defining
Waters of the United States.
For example, the underlying assumption is that NWP 12 permitted activities would not result in impacts greater than 112 acre of
waters of the United States for each single and complete project.
(OTC: ROGI), an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the onshore and shallow state
waters of the United States Gulf Coast area, has reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2014.
contributes to a violation of a water qualify standard or is a significant contributor of pollutants to
waters of the United States."
James Oberstar (D-Minn.), chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has reintroduced legislation to amend the Clean Water Act, deleting the term "navigable waters" and replacing it with its statutory definition of "
waters of the United States."
On that date, restrictions will come into force limiting those who can construct or install a "surface discharging private sewage disposal system that discharges into the
waters of the United States." 225 ILCS 225/7.
Specifically, the Court held the Corps needed to demonstrate Rapanos' property possessed a "significant nexus" to navigable waters before it could be regulated as "
waters of the United States." Waters and wetlands lacking any discernible hydrological connection to navigable waters are simply beyond the scope of federal regulation.
Supreme Court restricted the reach of the act by adopting a narrow interpretation of the term "navigable waterways." Though Congress had defined the term broadly to include "all
waters of the United States," the court ruled that the Clean Water Act did not apply to many of the nation's ponds, tributaries and estuaries.