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- Have Your Say: DOJ Seeks Comments on Draft Proposal
- July 23rd, 2024 — by Mateos Lozano — Category: Environmental Justice
- On May 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a request for public comments on its draft Environmental Justice Strategic Plan (Plan). As required by Executive Order 14096, the DOJ’s Plan will specify the DOJ’s goals, metrics, and priority actions that it will undertake to address environmental justice (EJ). The DOJ must publicly release the finalized Plan by October 2024. To meet the objectives of Executive Order 14096, the DOJ has outlined four goals and currently requests public feedback.
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- Don’t Cage Our Oceans: Challenging the Army Corps’ Nationwide Permit for Commercial Finfish Aquaculture
- July 1st, 2024 — by Collin Dowson — Category: Aquaculture
- In 2022, several environmental advocacy groups sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for its decision to issue Nationwide Permit (NWP) 56. NWP 56 is a general permit issued by the Corps under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for commercial finfish aquaculture.
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- Sackett II and its Ripple Effects: Uncertainty Remains for Developers and Communities
- June 27th, 2024 — by Patricia McKee — Category: Clean Water Act
- In May 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Sackett v. EPA (2023), also known as Sackett II, significantly curtailing federal regulatory authority for wetlands. The Court adopted a stricter definition of “waters of the United States,” including only those wetlands with a continuous surface connection to traditional interstate navigable waters. This rule has subsequently faced legal challenges.
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- Conquering Forever Chemicals: U.S. EPA Regulates PFAS in Nation’s Drinking Water
- June 26th, 2024 — by Cheyanne Sharp — Category: Water Quality
- On April 10, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced the nation’s first legally enforceable drinking water quality standards to protect against a concerning emerging contaminant, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
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- Meet NSGLC 2024 Community Engaged Intern: Mateos Lozano
- June 10th, 2024 — Category: Staff
- The National Sea Grant Law Center is excited to welcome Mateos Lozano for its Community Engaged Internship (CEI) for the summer of 2024. Mateos is a Public Policy Leadership major at the University of Mississippi.
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- Meet NSGLC Summer Research Associate: Collin Dowson
- June 5th, 2024 — Category: Staff
- The National Sea Grant Law Center is excited to welcome Summer Research Associate — Collin Dowson, a 2L at the Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University.
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