Clean Water Act

How do you know if you need a federal permit when you discharge pollutants into groundwater? “That’s your problem,” Supreme Court says.

On April 23, 2020, a divided Supreme Court ruled in County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund that the…

5 years ago

Gold King Mine Spill Exposes the Legal Hurdles to Cleaning up Mines

This blog post was written by Katherine "Kate" Sanford who worked with WSMT as a summer intern from June 1…

8 years ago

EPA Announces Final Rule Defining “Waters of the U.S.” under Clean Water Act

On June 27, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final version of a long-anticipated rule defining the scope…

9 years ago