Principal Law:

Clean Water Act (CWA)

57 Cases found

Alatna Village Council v. Padgett

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/07/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to federal approvals of a 211-mile mining access road in Alaska.

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

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Tex.
Status: Stipulation of dismissal with prejudice filed. [ 11/20/2020 ]
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: Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part and permits vacated. [ 11/23/2020 ]
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: Jurisdictional determination vacated and set aside and remanded to the agency. [ 10/05/2020 ]
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.