Conservation Law Foundation v. EPA

Filing Date: 2020
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
Administrative Procedure Act (APA), Clean Water Act (CWA)
Description: Challenge to the Trump administration's amendments to the Clean Water Act's definition of "waters of the United States."
  • Conservation Law Foundation v. EPA
    Docket number(s): 1:20-cv-10820
    Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    09/01/2021 Memorandum and Order Download Motion for remand without vacatur granted and case dismissed.
    08/03/2020 Complaint Download Amended complaint filed.
    04/29/2020 Complaint Download Complaint filed. WOTUS Rule Challenge Raised Climate Change Concerns. A lawsuit filed by environmental groups to challenge EPA’s new definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) raised issues related to climate change. The complaint asserted that the final rule’s “typical year” requirement—which the rule uses to define when tributaries, lakes, ponds, and impoundments are jurisdictional waters—would “skew towards historical conditions that may no longer accurately represent today’s climate.”