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"Waters of the United States No Longer Frozen in Time — Supreme Court Decision Narrows Federal Jurisdiction Over Wetlands," Jones Walker LLP Environmental Client Alert

By Stanley A. Millan

Client Alert

June 5, 2023

The US Supreme Court in Sackett v. EPA, No. 21-454, 2023 US LEXIS 2202 (May 25, 2023), rejected the wetlands "significant nexus" test established in Rapanos v. United States, 547 US 715 (2006), a broad definition of "adjacent" wetlands, and, presumably, the newest promulgated rule that attempts to define "waters of the United States" (WOTUS). 88 Fed. Reg. 3004 (2023) (to be codified in 40 C.F.R. § 120.2, and 33 C.F.R. § 328). Continue reading >

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