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SACKETT V. EPA. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES?

SUPREME CONSEQUENCES:
ANTICIPATING BARRIERS TO CLEAN WATER ACT ADMINISTRATION AT THE
FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS FOLLOWING SACKETT V. EPA

An Issue Paper by the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy1January 2023(https://www.tulanewater.org/_files/ugd/32079b_63f3e5c5655b4cbf9b6f644d2e5f2aad.pdf)


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The Supreme Court could end protections for some wetlands, threatening water and wildlife
Northern Public Radio 

The challenge to the Clean Water Act
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in October for the Sackett v. EPA case, a 14-year-long legal battle launched from the backyard of an Idaho couple, the Sacketts, who were seeking to fill their lake adjacent property with gravel. The EPA stopped them.The case, which has been to the high court twice now, is aimed at challenging the federal protections the Clean Water Act provides to some waters and wetlands that fall under the definition of Waters of the United States, commonly called WOTUS.A recent study from the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy has found that the ruling could have wide-ranging impacts and leave wetlands management up to states. (https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2023-01-26/the-supreme-court-could-end-protections-for-some-wetlands-threatening-water-and-wildlife)