Tag: Corps

EPA Rulemaking: Fast and Furious

With all of the buzz surrounding the release of the GHG NSPS Proposed Rule, several water-related pieces of EPA rulemaking have gotten lost. First, on September 4th, EPA released the long-awaited proposed rulemaking on Water Quality Standards. Next, on September 17th, EPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers finally sent to OMB a proposed rule […]

TAGGED: clean water act ,Corps ,GHG NSPS ,USACE ,water ,water quality ,Water Quality Standards ,Waters of the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers Scope Defined

Another precedent was set on Friday, August 23rd in the long running legal challenge to mountaintop mining.  In his decision, U.S. District Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell of Louisville ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers does not have “to consider the cumulative effects of mining operations as a whole” when issuing a permit.  Mr. […]

TAGGED: 404 permits ,Coal ,Corps ,USACE