Tag: Clean Water Act
Remembering Earth Day
I know, when people think of U.S. presidents who made significant impacts on the environment, we think of Teddy Roosevelt and the founding of...
New EPA rules will discourage critically needed housing production
The National Apartment Association and the National Multifamily Housing Council express their disappointment in a regulation the EPA issued re-defining and expanding what “waters of...
Clean Water Act: Time to re-think
The Clean Water Act turns 50 this fall—and like most things at age 50, it no longer functions like it once did. Congress passed the...
Return of Waters
At the urging of NAHB and other business groups, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the Clean Water Act...
Regulatory horror story highlights need to reform permitting process
Illustrating how the federal regulatory system has run amok and the need for Congress to pass legislation to fix a broken permitting process, a...
NAHB commends Trump infrastructure plan
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today commended President Trump's $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan to rebuild and revitalize the nation's aging transportation network. "This...
Regulation nation
A lawyer for Duarte Nursery said the case is important because it could set a precedent requiring other farmers to obtain costly, time-consuming permits...
Let’s get something straight about the Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act expressly prohibits the discharge of a pollutant to “navigable waters” of the United States without a federal permit. The Act...
