Clean Water Act (CWA)

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Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. v. Upstate Forever

October 4, 2018

U.S. Chamber urges Supreme Court to review scope of the Clean Water Act’s permitting program and reject the so-called “hydrologic connection” or “conduit” theory

Tennessee Valley Authority v. Tennessee Clean Water Network

September 24, 2018

Sixth Circuit reverses district and rejects the so called “hydrologic connection” or “conduit theory” of Clean Water Act liability, holding the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System...

Kentucky Waterways Alliance v. Kentucky Utilities Co.

September 24, 2018

Sixth Circuit rejects the so called “hydrologic connection” or “conduit theory” of Clean Water Act liability, holding the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program is limited to...

Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA

August 23, 2018

U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers file amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to uphold EPA’s long-standing and sensible approach to avoiding unnecessary and...

Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. EPA (WOTUS Rule - Oklahoma District Court)

August 17, 2018

U.S. Chamber files joint motion with Oklahoma to reopen proceedings against the EPA’s 2015 WOTUS rule

Upstate Forever v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.

May 30, 2018

Fourth Circuit denies rehearing en banc in case addressing scope of the Clean Water Act’s permitting program and the so-called “hydrologic connection” or “conduit” theory

Kentucky Waterways Alliance v. Kentucky Utilities Co.

May 4, 2018

U.S. Chamber urges Sixth Circuit to reject unlawful expansion of Clean Water Act’s federal permitting program under the so called “hydrologic connection” or “conduit” theory

Upstate Forever v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.

May 3, 2018

U.S. Chamber urges Fourth Circuit to grant rehearing en banc in case addressing scope of the Clean Water Act’s permitting program and the so-called “hydrologic connection” or “conduit” theory

Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. EPA (WOTUS Rule - Oklahoma District Court)

March 9, 2018

District court puts challenges to 2015 WOTUS rule on hold while the EPA completes its rulemaking process to rescind the 2015 rule

Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. EPA (WOTUS Rule - Oklahoma District Court)

February 20, 2018

Tenth Circuit reverses district court’s dismissal on jurisdictional grounds of U.S. Chamber’s challenge to Obama administration’s WOTUS rule; remands to district court for further proceedings