WOTUS Snapshots: Sailing Shifting Seas

Federal regulation under the Clean Water Act (CWA) continues to evolve rapidly, creating ongoing uncertainty for project planning and permitting. Recent actions—from new executive directives aimed at expediting permits to updated guidance following the Supreme Court’s Sackett v. EPA decision—are reshaping how the meaning of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) is defined and regulated.... By: Nossaman LLP