Authorized by the Clean Water Act, these permits regulate discharges into federal waters.

Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/environment/story/2023-12-29/without-citizen-enforcement-its-clear-nothing-will-change-san-diego-environmentalists-want-to-sue-feds-over-cross-border-sewage

Environmental groups asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan in 2021 why the agency had fallen behind in meeting its legal obligations under the Clean Water Act.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/environment/ct-epa-oil-refineries-water-pollution-lawsuit-20230411-ok7cnszwpbfgjdz7idy5beegi4-story.html

However, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is mandated to enforce environmental laws, including Republic Act 9275 or the Clean Water Act.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/03/27/group-outlines-legal-liabilities-of-vessel-owner-in-mindoro-oil-spill/

“In its new rule, Biden’s EPA has once again turned the Clean Water Act on its head, ignoring congressional intent and exceeding its authority."

Source: https://k2radio.com/ixp/961/p/wyoming-joines-lawsuite-over-feds-new-water-rule/

In the South (EPA Region 6) the median Clean Water Act penalty issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional office is $10,000, while in EPA Region 9 (including California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii), the median is over six times as high.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-fines-pollution-laws-vary-widely.html

Now a conservative Supreme Court majority has used the Sackett’s case to roll back longstanding rules adopted to carry out the 51-year-old Clean Water Act.

Source: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/05/25/the-supreme-court-has-narrowed-the-scope-of-the-clean-water-act/

Since Rawlings qualifies as “waters of the United States,” the resident believes Rivian and its contractors have violated the federal Clean Water Act.

Source: https://investorplace.com/2023/04/rivn-stock-alert-georgia-resident-hits-rivian-with-a-lawsuit/

Such waters would be subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act.

Source: https://www.reporterherald.com/2023/03/31/how-they-voted-colorado-congressional-votes-for-march-24-30-2023/

The appeal argues the county improperly issued the permit because the project’s construction would violate the Clean Water Act.

Source: https://truthout.org/articles/atlanta-was-a-constitution-free-zone-during-stop-cop-city-week-of-action/

The ruling by Justice Samuel Alito, joined by four conservative justices, narrows the scope of the Clean Water Act, limiting federal regulation to wetlands with a continuous surface connection to major bodies of water.

Source: https://njtoday.news/2023/05/28/u-s-supreme-court-rules-against-epa-impacting-waters-of-the-u-s/

The suit claimed the county’s sewage discharges violated the federal Clean Water Act and polluted the Cahaba and Black Warrior rivers.

Source: https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2023/09/jefferson-county-asks-federal-court-to-end-27-year-oversight-of-sewer-systems/