The Clean Water Act gives the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers jurisdiction over “navigable waters,” which are defined as “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). Nearly any activity that occurs within a ...

A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping to limit the definition of “waters of the Commonwealth” protected under anti-pollution laws.

A rule granting federal authority over many small bodies of water was slated to be rescinded this week after two years of red tape and court hearings. Local farmers and officials worried the ...

Farmers have worried this past year that increased federal jurisdiction of navigable waters would go too far. The Environmental Protection Agency says a recent ruling on what navigable waters it ...

That support currently is in a state of transition and the agency’s ability to effectively monitor even the larger expanses ...

The president says he wants the body of water to be called the Gulf of America but has not elaborated on how his plans could be enacted ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (“SpaceX”) entered into a January 15th ...

Since 2010, vessel traffic in US waters has increased by 10.5%, reaching an astounding 2.3 billion tons of cargo annually. The nation’s 25,000 miles of navigable waterways also support travel ...

A "No Discharge Zone (NDZ) " or area is a designated body of water that prohibits the discharge of treated and untreated boat sewage. Federal Law prohibits the discharge of untreated sewage from ...