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Clean Water Act (CWA)

34 Cases found

In re PennEast Pipeline Co.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: FERC
Status: Rehearing denied. [ 08/10/2018 ]
Description: Request for rehearing of authorization for natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New Jersey and related facilities

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.

In re Constitution Pipeline Co.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: FERC
Status: Rehearing denied. [ 07/19/2018 ]
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.

Center for Food Safety v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Order issued granting motion of Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association to intervene as defendant-intervenor. [ 11/07/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ renewal of a nationwide permit to cover shellfish aquaculture in Washington State.

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

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.R.I.
Status: Reply memorandum filed in support of motion to dismiss the amended complaint. [ 02/22/2018 ]
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.

Conservation Law Foundation v. EPA

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Settlement agreement filed providing for eventual dismissal of action after certain activities were completed. [ 11/17/2014 ]
Description: Challenge to TMDLs for Cape Cod and Nantucket embayments.

United States v. Miami-Dade County

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Fla.
Status: Order issued denying Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper's motion to reopen case. [ 05/08/2014 ]
Description: Enforcement suit alleging violations of Clean Water Act in which Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper and Key Biscayne resident intervened to request, among other things, that climate change impacts be considered.

Conservation Law Foundation v. EPA

Filing Date: 2010
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Settlement agreement filed providing that after certain activities were completed claims in the action could not be reasserted or reinstated in any forum. [ 11/17/2014 ]
Description: Challenge to TMDLs for Cape Cod and Nantucket embayments.

Conservation Law Foundation v. McCarthy

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Settlement agreement filed providing for eventual dismissal of action after certain activities were completed. [ 11/17/2014 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA’s oversight of water quality management on Cape Cod.

Columbia Riverkeeper v. Pruitt

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Response to plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and cross-motion for summary judgment filed by United States. [ 11/03/2017 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that EPA violated the Clean Water Act by failing to issue a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for temperature pollution in the Columbia and Snake Rivers in Oregon and Washington.