Bolstering CWA Protections

3/12/2022 Revisions to the Isolated Wetlands and Waters Rule 15A NCAC 02H .1301 and adoption of Non-jurisdictional Wetlands and Waters Rules 15A NCAC 02H .1401-.1405 authorized NCDEQ to reinstate [...]

1/13/2022 Adopted rules and regulations went through the full rule-making process and was re-filed to go into effect July 1, 2022. The new effective date was proposed in order to allow a more [...]

7/1/2021 This Act amended the Coastal Wetlands Protection Act to define “ordinary high water mark” (OHWM) to mean “A mark on the shore determined by the Department staff, [...]

5/18/2021 This Act directs the  Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources to administer a ” Clean Water Act Section 401 certification program to review activities that require a federal [...]

11/13/2020 This memo from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to the Environmental Quality Commission was written in response to the revisions by US EPA on the definition of [...]

10/7/2020 Clarified that wetlands which had been removed from Waters of the United States (WOTUS) protection were still subject to 401 permitting under DOEE regulations. On May 14, 2021 DOEE [...]

6/25/2020 The Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency “hereby authorizes the filling of, and the discharge of dredged material into, Category 1 and Category 2 isolated wetlands [...]