Principal Law:

Clean Water Act (CWA)

43 Cases found

Columbia Riverkeeper v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/12/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to U.S. Corps of Engineers issuance of a Section 404 permit for a maritime export terminal associated with a proposed methanol facility in Washington on the Columbia River.

San Francisco Baykeeper v. EPA

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/24/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA's determination that the Redwood City Salt Ponds were not within the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act.

Northern Plains Resource Council v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Plaintiffs filed reply in support of motion for partial summary judgment and opposition to defendants' cross-motions for partial summary judgment. [ 01/29/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to U.S Army Corps of Engineers approval of Keystone XL pipeline project under the reissued Nationwide Permit 12 for pipeline and utility projects.

Sound Action v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Motion to dismiss denied. [ 02/05/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to reject a recommended change to the "high tide line" used by the Seattle District to determine the scope of its Section 404 jurisdiction.

Save the Colorado v. Semonite

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Petition for review of agency action filed. [ 12/19/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to dam project in Boulder County in Colorado.

Environmental Law & Policy Center v. EPA

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Ohio
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/07/2019 ]
Description: Citizen suit challenging EPA's alleged inaction regarding Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's failure to develop a Total Maximum Daily Load for western Lake Erie or otherwise address western Lake Erie's impairment.

County of Butte v. Department of Water Resources

Filing Date: 2008
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Appeal dismissed with directions to trial court to vacate its judgment and dismiss the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. [ 09/05/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging failure to consider the environmental effects of climate change on the operation of the Oroville Dam and related facilities.

Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/27/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that EPA violated Clean Water Act by failing to identify waters off the coast of Oregon as impaired by ocean acidification.

Save the Colorado v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Petitioners filed response to Colorado Department of Natural Resources motion to intervene. [ 05/29/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to approvals for project facilitating diversion of water from Colorado River.

Constitution Pipeline Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: FERC's motion for voluntary remand granted. [ 02/28/2019 ]
Description: Petition seeking declaratory order that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation had waived jurisdiction over water quality certificate for interstate natural gas pipeline project.

Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products US

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.R.I.
Status: Second amended complaint filed. [ 08/02/2019 ]
Description: Citizen suit alleging that Shell Oil violated the Clean Water Act by failing to prepare a bulk storage and fuel terminal in Providence, Rhode Island, for climate change impacts.