Legal Developments Archive

Below is an archive of developments involving NACWA’s legal advocacy efforts.

2016

11/22	Clean Water Current	Save the Date: NACWA’s Hot Topics in Clean Water Law Webinar
11/07	Clean Water Current	New Stormwater Legal Whitepaper Released
11/07	Clean Water Current	Consent Decree Workshop Offers Insider's View on Enforcement & Implementation
11/07	Clean Water Current	Law Seminar Provides Fountain of Legal Knowledge
10/25	Clean Water Current	Federal Court Hears Oral Arguments in Blending Litigation
05/16	Clean Water Current	Federal Appeals Court Accepts NACWA’s Brief in Permit Shield Litigation
05/16	Clean Water Current	Kern County Biosolids Litigation Moves Forward
04/25	Clean Water Current	Sixth Circuit Denies Rehearing on Venue in Clean Water Rule Litigation
04/25	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief in Permit Shield Litigation
04/25	Clean Water Current	New Report Released on California Citizen Suit Enforcement
04/04	Clean Water Current	Association Files Brief in Key CWA Liability Litigation
04/04	Clean Water Current	U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Clean Water Case
03/28	Clean Water Current	Petitioner Files Reply Brief in Blending Litigation
03/21	Clean Water Current	dLegal Web Seminar Addresses Supreme Court, Nutrients & Flint Water Crisis
02/29	Clean Water Current	High Court Rejects Chesapeake Bay TMDL Challenge
02/29	Clean Water Current	Court Accepts Jurisdiction over Consolidated Clean Water Rule
02/19	Clean Water Current	Plaintiffs File Reply Brief In Mississippi River Nutrients Litigation
02/19	Clean Water Current	EPA Announces Enforcement Priorities For FY 2017 – FY 2019
02/12	Clean Water Current	Clean Power Plan Rule Put On Hold
02/12	Clean Water Current	NACWA Releases Analysis On Tiered Water Rates
02/05	Clean Water Current	EPA Files in Blending Case
01/22	Clean Water Current	Legal Perspectives Provides New Benefit Of NACWA Membership
01/22	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief In Mississippi River Nutrients Litigation
01/22	Clean Water Current	Briefs Filed Opposing Supreme Court Review In Bay TMDL Case
01/08	Clean Water Current	NACWA Welcomes Erica Spitzig As Deputy General Counsel
01/08	Clean Water Current	Pennsylvania’s High Court Delivers Major Victory In Biosolids Land Application Case

2015

12/18	Clean Water Current	Web Seminar Addresses Groundwater Jurisdiction and Unpermitted Pollutant Contributors
12/04	Clean Water Current	Nothing Says “Happy Holidays” Like a Free NACWA Legal Webinar
12/04	Clean Water Current	Courts Address Key Clean Water Issues
11/06	Clean Water Current	Law Seminar Draws Record Attendance
11/06	Clean Water Current	Concerns Raised over use of WET Test Procedure
10/30	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief in Blending Litigation
10/23	Clean Water Current	NACWA Hosts Key Stakeholders at Annual ELI Award Dinner
10/09	Clean Water Current	Federal Appeals Court Stays Clean Water Rule
09/18	Clean Water Current	NEORSD Achieves Major Legal Victory on Stormwater
09/18	Clean Water Current	Clean Water Rule, Great Lakes Legislation & Clean Power Plant Rule Featured on Web Seminar
08/21	Clean Water Current	Urgent National Issues the Focus of Legal Webcast
07/17	Clean Water Current	NACWA Comments Support DC Water Consent Decree
07/10	Clean Water Current	NACWA Helps Secure Key Litigation Victory for Watershed Approach
07/10	Clean Water Current	Federal Appeals Court Upholds Chicago Consent Decree
06/19	Clean Water Current	Seminar on Clean Water Rule, RICE Rule & State TMDL Promulgation Garners Record Participation
05/29	Clean Water Current	Legal Webinar to Focus on Clean Water Rule, RICE Rule & State TMDL Promulgation
05/08	Clean Water Current	NACWA Instrumental Stormwater Legal Victory
04/10	Clean Water Current	Court Provides Key Legal Win in Mississippi River Nutrients Litigation
04/10	Clean Water Current	NACWA Helps Secure Stormwater Legal Victory
03/27	Clean Water Current	NACWA Helps Secure Key Legal Victory in Ohio TMDL Litigation
03/20	Clean Water Current	EPA Releases New Policy on SEPs
03/13	Clean Water Current	Oral Arguments Scheduled in Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials Rule Litigation
03/06	Clean Water Current	Cutting Edge Insights, Analysis & Information Featured at Consent Decree Workshop
03/06	Clean Water Current	Legal Webinar to Address Compliance, Sediment Remediation Issues
02/20	Clean Water Current	Stormwater Litigation Moves Forward, NACWA Files Brief
02/06	Clean Water Current	EAB Denies Review in Satellite System Co-Permittee Appeal
01/16	Clean Water Current	New York Court Dismisses Appeal, Upholds Key Stormwater Legal Victory
01/09	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Briefs in Biosolids, Stormwater Litigation

2014

12/19	Clean Water Current	NACWA Secures Briefing on New Environmental Justice Screening Tool
12/12	Clean Water Current	EAB Holds Oral Arguments in Satellite System Permit Appeal
12/12	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief in Consent Decree Litigation
11/21	Clean Water Current	Law Seminar Addresses Key Clean Water Issues
11/21	Clean Water Current	Oral Argument Held in Chesapeake Bay TMDL Appeal
11/20	Advocacy Alert	New Member Resource will Help Members Weather the Storm of Legal Challenges to Stormwater Programs and Fees (AA 14-23)
11/07	Clean Water Current	Court in Washington State Delivers Major Biosolids Victory
10/24	Clean Water Current	NACWA Meets with EPA Inspector General on Consent Decree Study
10/17	Clean Water Current	NACWA Appeals Board Brief Addresses Satellite Co-Permittee Issue
10/17	Clean Water Current	NACWA Weighs in with EPA Inspector General on Consent Decree Study
10/10	Clean Water Current	EPA Inspector General Studying Municipal Consent Decrees
10/03	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief, Continues Advocacy on SSI Issue
09/26	Clean Water Current	NACWA, Association Partners Weigh In on Water Transfers
09/12	Clean Water Current	Court Hears Arguments in Key Stormwater Case
08/15	Clean Water Current	New Lawsuit Filed on Blending
08/01	Clean Water Current	NACWA Requests Republication of Biosolids Legal Opinion
08/01	Clean Water Current	Brief Filed in Key Stormwater Litigation
08/01	Clean Water Current	EPA, NACWA Discuss CSO Policy Issues
07/18	Clean Water Current	Permit Shield Upheld by Fourth Circuit in Line with NACWA's Amicus Brief
07/11	Clean Water Current	Appeals Board Ruling Affirms Flexibility for Nutrient Permit Limits
06/27	Clean Water Current	Clean Water Agencies Benefit From Supreme Court Greenhouse Gas Ruling
06/06	Clean Water Current	NACWA Pushes Back On Biosolids Land Application Ban
05/16	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief in Key Stormwater Case
05/16	Clean Water Current	NACWA Releases New Advocacy Tools
05/02	Clean Water Current	Inaugural NACWA Consent Decree Workshop Draws Large, Lively Crowd
05/02	Clean Water Current	NACWA Continues SSI Advocacy with Brief Challenging EPA Solid Waste Rule
04/25	Clean Water Current	Brief Defends Holistic Watershed Approach
03/21	Clean Water Current	Court Grants Stay in Mississippi River Nutrients Litigation
03/21	Clean Water Current	Law Web Seminar Addresses CWA Jurisdiction, Water Quality Trading
03/14	Clean Water Current	Agenda Available for First Ever Consent Decree Workshop
02/07	Clean Water Current	NACWA Joins Amicus Brief in Ohio Litigation
01/24	Clean Water Current	NACWA's First Clean Water Law Web Seminar Sparks Great Interest
01/17	Clean Water Current	Federal Courts Issue Favorable Orders in Consent Decree Cases
01/10	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief, Advocates Municipal Clean Water Position

2013

12/13	Clean Water Current	Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Water Quality Trading
12/05	Clean Water Current	NACWA, Other Associations Urge EPA to Apply Blending Decisions Nationwide
11/22	Clean Water Current	Law Seminar Kicks Off with Top EPA Water Officials Addressing Regulatory Priorities
11/14	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Amicus Brief in Ohio Stormwater Case; Court Rules in Missouri Case
10/31	Clean Water Current	Court Denies Rehearing Request in SSI Case; New Lasuit Filed Over POTW Emissions
10/25	Clean Water Current	EPA Will Not Appeal 8th Circuit Blending Ruling
09/13	Clean Water Current	NACWA Helps Secure Legal Victory in Chesapeake Bay TMDL Litigation
8/23	Clean Water Current	NACWA Secures Sewage Sludge Incinerator Rule Remand in Court Ruling
08/16	Clean Water Current	Feds Agree to Pay in Stormwater Fee Dispute
07/19	Clean Water Current	Court Vacates EPA's Biogenic GHG Deferral
07/12	Clean Water Current	Federal Court Denies EPA's Petition for Rehearing of Blending Decision
04/26	Clean Water Current	NACWA Advances Legal Advocacy in Trading Litigation
03/29	Clean Water Current	Negative Ruling on Federal Payment of Stormwater Fees to be Appealed
03/29	Clean Water Current	Federal Appellate Court Issues Key Ruling on Blending
03/08	Clean Water Current	EPA Declines Appeal of Stormwater Flow TMDL Ruling
03/08	Clean Water Current	NACWA Legal Briefs Argue Against Federal Nutrient Criteria for Mississippi River Basin
03/1	Clean Water Current	NACWA Encourages EPA to Focus on Integrated Planning as Top 2014-2016 Priority
02/15	Clean Water Current	California Court Upholds Injunction on Biosolids Land Application Ban
02/08	Clean Water Current	Court Grants NACWA Intervention in Water Quality Trading Case
01/25	Clean Water Current	EPA Submits Strong Brief in Mississippi River Nutrients Litigation
01/18	Clean Water Current	Secondary Treatment Lawsuit Dismissed
01/11	Clean Water Current	U.S Supreme Court Decision Limits Definition of “Discharge” Under Clean Water Act
01/04	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief Supporting Municipal Stormwater Fee Program
01/04	Clean Water Current	Federal Court Strikes Down EPA “Flow TMDL” for Stormwater

2012

12/21	Clean Water Current	NACWA Submits Brief Supporting Utility Member in Stormwater Fee Litigation
12/07	Clean Water Current	NACWA Seeks Intervention in Water Quality Trading Lawsuit
12/07	Clean Water Current	Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Clean Water Act Stormwater Case
12/07	Clean Water Current	NACWA Submits Final Brief in SSI Litigation
11/30	Clean Water Current	NACWA Participates in Oral Arguments on Stormwater Fees
11/16	Clean Water Current	Law Seminar Addressses Cutting-Edge Clean Water Legal Issues
11/16	Clean Water Current	NACWA Submits Brief in "Flow TMDL" Litigation
11/09	Clean Water Current	NACWA Continues Lead Role in SSI Litigation
10/05	Clean Water Current	New NGO Lawsuit Filed to Challenge Chesapeake Bay Trading Program
10/05	Clean Water Current	NACWA, Municipal Partners Represented at Oral Arguments in Chesapeake Bay TMDL Litigation
09/21	Clean Water Current	NACWA Submits Brief Supporting Rehearing of Key Nutrients Case
09/14	Clean Water Current	NACWA Weighs in with U.S. Supreme Court on Stormwater Case
08/17	Clean Water Current	Secondary Treatment Petition Lawsuit Suspended, EPA to Respond in Mid-December
08/10	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief in Biosolids Land Application Case
08/10	Clean Water Current	Federal Court Denies Permit Challenge Involving Controversial Nutrient Limits
07/27	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Opening Brief in SSI Legal Challenge
07/13	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Reply Brief in Chesapeake Bay TMDL Litigation
06/29	Clean Water Current	U.S. Supreme Court to Review Two CWA Stormwater Cases
06/29	Clean Water Current	EPA Releases Green Infrastructure Factsheets
06/01	Clean Water Current	Court Embraces NACWA Position, Issues Major Victory on Stormwater Fees
06/01	Clean Water Current	NACWA Granted Intervention in Nutrient Lawsuit
06/01	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Second Legal Challenge on SSI Issue
05/25	Clean Water Current	NACWA Brief in DC Circuit Court Seeks Approval of EPA’s Biogenic Emissions Deferral
05/11	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief in Stormwater Fee Litigation
05/04	Clean Water Current	NACWA to File Brief in Biogenic Emissions Lawsuit, Member Input Needed by May 11
04/20	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief in Chesapeake Bay TMDL Case
04/13	Clean Water Current	EPA Issues Formal Denial of SSI Rule Reconsideration, NACWA Pivots to Legal Challenge
03/23	Clean Water Current	NACWA Helps Secure U.S. Supreme Court Victory in CWA Case
03/23	Clean Water Current	NACWA Board Unanimously Approves Intervention in Nutrient Lawsuits
03/16	Clean Water Current	NACWA Poised to Intervene in NRDC Lawsuits on Secondary Treatment/Nutrient Control Issues
02/24	Clean Water Current	Court Issues Partial Victory in Florida Nutrients Case
02/10	Clean Water Current	EPA to Deny Reconsideration of SSI Rule, NACWA Legal Efforts to Intensify
02/10	Clean Water Current	NACWA Submits Brief in Stormwater Fee Litigation
01/13	Clean Water Current	U.S. Supreme Court Holds Oral Arguments in Key Clean Water Act Case
01/06	Clean Water Current	NACWA Meets with EPA Deputy Administrator, Urges Agency to Reconsider Incineration Rule
11/18	Clean Water Current	NACWA Law Seminar Addresses Key Legal Issues Impacting Utilities
11/18	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief in Key Nutrients Litigation
11/04	Clean Water Current	Court Places Litigation Over EPA’s Solid Waste Rule on Hold
11/01	Clean Water Current	NACWA Joins Municipal Brief in Support of EPA’s Water Transfer Rule
11/18	Clean Water Current	NACWA Law Seminar Addresses Key Legal Issues Impacting Utilities
11/18	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Brief in Key Nutrients Litigation
11/04	Clean Water Current	Court Places Litigation Over EPA’s Solid Waste Rule on Hold
11/01	Clean Water Current	NACWA Joins Municipal Brief in Support of EPA’s Water Transfer Rule
10/31	Clean Water Current	NACWA Files Court Papers Bolstering Case for Stay of SSI Rule
10/14	Clean Water Current	NACWA Granted Intervention in Chesapeake Bay Daily Loads Case to Defend Holistic Watershed Approach
09/30	Clean Water Current	NACWA Urges Reconsideration on Sludge Rulemaking
09/30	Clean Water Current	NACWA, Key Municipal Groups Send Brief to U.S. Supreme Court on Critical Clean Water Act Case

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