Principal Law:

Clean Water Act (CWA)

54 Cases found

Optimus Steel, LLC v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Tex.
Status: Application for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order denied. [ 10/04/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by steel mill owner to challenge the reauthorization and reissuance of Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP-12) as well as the approval of a natural gas pipeline under NWP-12.

Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/04/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to federal approvals for a 211-mile road through the southern Brooks Range and Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve to provide access to a mining district.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe v. EPA

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 06/22/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to the revised definition of "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act.

Puget Soundkeeper Alliance v. EPA

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 06/22/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to the revised definition of "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act.

Conservation Law Foundation v. EPA

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Amended complaint filed. [ 08/03/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to the Trump administration's amendments to the Clean Water Act's definition of "waters of the United States."

California v. Wheeler

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction or for order staying effective date denied. [ 06/19/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to the Trump administration's amendments to the Clean Water Act's definition of "waters of the United States."

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: Motion for summary judgment filed by defendants and intervenor-defendants. [ 03/12/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA's determination that the Redwood City Salt Ponds were not within the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act.

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: Joint motion filed by the plaintiffs to vacate the current case management plan and briefing schedule and set a deadline for a superseding case management plan. [ 02/05/2020 ]
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.