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New DOJ Guidance Seeks to Limit Federal Enforcement under the Clean Water Act

By Bernadette M. Rappold on July 29, 2020

Posted in Clean Water Act, DOJ, Environment, EPA, Federal, Water

On July 27, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a policy memorandum designed to stay the federal government’s hand in enforcing the Clean Water Act where states have…
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DOJ’s Attack on ‘Supplemental Environmental Projects’ Extends to Citizen Plaintiffs

By Caleb Holmes on July 16, 2020

Posted in Coal, Environment, Environmental Justice, Policy, Politics, Pollution, State & Local

The Department of Justice, in the last year, has altered its guidance related to supplemental environmental projects (SEPs), first prohibiting their use in settlements with state and local governments,…
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