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While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issues the permit, responsibility for enforcement is shared between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA. [17] [18] However, the scope of what constitutes a wetland and thus what falls under CWA command and control regulation has changed over time.
United States Army Corps of Engineers, sought a permit to build condominiums on 19 acres (77,000 m 2) of wetlands, but his request was denied by the Army Corps of Engineers. Carabell took the issue to the courts by arguing that the federal government did not have jurisdiction.
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. ยง 1344. Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001), was a decision by the US Supreme Court that interpreted a provision of the Clean Water Act. Section 404 [ 1] of the Act requires permits for the discharge of dredged or fill materials into "navigable ...
Beyond the question of wetland protections, the Twin Pines lawsuit also alleges that the Army Corps singled out its project due to its controversial nature rather than its historical policy on ...
By the late 1980s, the EPA and the United States Army Corps of Engineers developed a shared definition of what water sources qualify as "waters of the United States", incorporating the results of these cases. This definition of "waters" included "wetlands adjacent to waters" already protected by the EPA's and Corps' rule-making. [1]
The United States Army Corps of Engineers ( USACE) is the military engineering branch of the United States Army. A direct reporting unit (DRU), it has three primary mission areas: Engineer Regiment, military construction, and civil works.
While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issues the permit, responsibility for enforcement is shared between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] However, the scope of what constitutes a wetland and thus what falls under CWA command and control regulation has changed over time.
The wetlands data layer is increasing in size each year primarily due to existing analog data being converted to vector or raster images. Contributed data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Database (ORM2), [10] other federal, state and local organizations is also increasing. More and newer data will need to come from other ...