2 Week Delay
August 2018
Issuance of 404 permits or Jurisdictional Determinations from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be delayed [...]
Read More
CWA Fines Have Increased
June 2018
In the May 2, 2018 Federal Register, the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers issued a [...]
Read More
ETS Fines Increased
May 2018
In the February 12, 2018 Federal Register the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) issued a final [...]
Read More
WOTUS Rule Stay Vacated
April 2018
There is a new development in the never-ending saga that is the 2015 Clean Water Rule. On [...]
Read More
WOTUS 2020
February 2018
On February 6, 2018, the EPA and Department of the Army published a final rule to the [...]
Read More
Holy Tricolored Bat, Man! USFWS Invites Comments on Tricolored Bat Threatened or Endangered Species Listing
February 2018
The tricolored bat may soon be listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This [...]
Read More
MBTA Incidental Take Changes
February 2018
The Department of the Interior's change in MBTA interpretation allows project developers to avoid the delays typically [...]
Read More
COE Civil Penalties
November 2017
The civil penalties charged by federal agencies increased drastically to comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation [...]
Read More
WOTUS Rescinded
August 2017
The EPA and Corps of Engineers are pitching out the controversial 2015 WOTUS Rule, recodifying the rules [...]
Read More