FEATURE ARTICLE
U.S. EPA and the Corps Release WOTUS Rule that Closely Adheres to Justice Scalia’s Rapanos Opinion by Nicole E. Granquist, Esq. and Meghan A. Quinn, Esq., Downey Brand,LLP, Sacramento, California27
EASTERN WATER NEWS
Environmental Group WildEarth Guardians File ESA Petition to Protect Rio Grande Shiner33
News from the West34
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Federal Council on Environmental Quality Announces Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to the Regulations Implementing Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act39
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions41
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to State-Issued Clean Water Act 404 Permit44
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, et al., ___F.3d___, Case No. 19-1130 (7th Cir. Jan.27, 2020).
Tenth Circuit Holds Prior Voluntary Consultation under the Endangered Species Act Does Not Bind the Corps of Engineers to Future Consulta-
tion45
WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ___F.3d___, Case No. 18-2153 (10th Cir. Jan. 17, 2020).
When Will a State Taking Action Bar a Clean Water Act Citizen Suit?—Two Federal District Courts Decide47
Cox v. Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 2:18-cv-1631 (S.D. Ohio Jan. 31, 2020); Stringer v Town of Jonesboro, ___ F.Supp.3d___, Case No. (W.D. La. Feb. 3, 2020).
Challenge to Oil Pollution Act Debt Collection Proceeding Dismissed by the District Court for Improper Venue49
Water Quality Insurance Syndicate v. National Pollution Funds Center, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 19 Civ. 6344 (S.D. N.Y. Jan. 27, 2020).
