Crystal Clear? The Latest on the Clean Water Act and Essential Calibrations to Permitting Best Practices

Over the past few years, regulators, businesses, and lawyers have navigated the latest revisions to the definition of "waters of the United States," followed states diving into Clean Water Act section 404 assumption, waded through the U.S. Supreme Court's Maui decision as well as Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 rulings, and monitored the rollout of new U.S. Army Corp's Nationwide Permits. But how have these changes altered the CWA permitting processes? Panelists will share their views on the latest CWA legal and policy developments pertaining to permitting, and offer in-depth field examples involving water quality certifications, dredge and fill permit applications, and more, to help practitioners gauge their own practical approaches in this dynamic regulatory sphere.