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The Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow's America Act (LIFT America Act or the Act), H.R. 2741 – 116th Congress, was introduced by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) on May 15, 2019.

Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2021, An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy, includes new energy and water efficiency standards for 15 categories of products.

Over the last 6-7 years in the emerging "PFAS world," most sewer authorities did not sample wastewater or biosolids for PFAS due to (1) no requirement to do so, (2) no U.S. EPA-approved analytical test method...

Responding to an EPA collection request can be costly, time consuming and stressful for the target of the request—especially because failure to submit a timely and accurate response can result...

California water right holders have until January 31, 2026 to electronically file their annual water use and diversion reports to the State Water Resources Control Board's new California Water Accounting, Tracking...

On September 10, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a declaration of a state of emergency specifically for the customers of Andrews Farm Water Company.

Lara Beaven, the excellent reporter on all things having to do with the Clean Water Act at Inside EPA, shares what we might expect from EPA and the Supreme Court of the United States...

Kudos to David Abel of the Boston Globe for a thorough and balanced report on the dire state of the coastal waters of Cape Cod and what might be done to improve it.

Sam Hess of Inside EPA is reporting that Democrats in the House of Representatives and the Senate might be ready to work on legislation ending the longest running controversy in environmental law...

This morning brings reports of a Ninth Circuit petition for review of EPA's Clean Water Act NPDES Multi-Sector General Permit because an NGO has concluded EPA...

ICYMI. . . the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's or Agency's) Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) office is moving into evaluating whether there is unreasonable risk at...

Law360 is reporting that a Federal District Court Judge in South Carolina is allowing NGOs, including the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, to continue their Clean Water Act...

A little over a month ago EPA's Science Advisory Board decided "EPA could benefit from SAB review of the science supporting [EPA's] proposed definition of Waters of the United States."

On May 27, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (collectively, the agencies) jointly announced the final rule defining "waters of the U.S." protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA).

Originally published in the November 2024 issue of Bench & Bar of Minnesota Environmental Law Update, Minnesota State Bar Association.

EPA continues to make measurable progress toward the milestones it established in its 2021 PFAS road map. It has arranged for an assessment of the risks posed by these "forever chemicals"...

On September 11, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asked the D.C. Circuit to vacate regulations for four types of polyfluoroalkyls (known collectively as "PFAS") in drinking water.

I certainly don't think that the fact that suits have been filed in fewer courts this time around means that the controversy over the reach of the Clean Water Act is abating.