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Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001), was a decision by the US Supreme Court that interpreted a provision of the Clean Water Act. Section 404 [ 1 ] of the Act requires permits for the discharge of dredged or fill materials into "navigable waters," which is defined by the Act as ...
A permitee can be in violation of its permit when it discharges pollutants at a level higher than what is specified on their permit; or discharges without a permit. It can also be in violation if it fails to comply with the monitoring and enforcement portion of the permit. [18]: 10–1-10–3 Enforcement
Water resources controlled by the Corps of Engineers are used for navigation, hydroelectric power generation, and recreation as well as water supply. The Corps first got involved in water supply in the 1850s, when they built the Washington DC aqueduct. Today USACE reservoirs supply water to nearly 10 million people in 115 cities.
The Army Corps of Engineers said in a letter Friday that state and local economic development agencies that applied for the project's 2022 permit never mentioned Hyundai wanted to withdraw up to 6 ...
In October 1999, the Corps of Engineers established a system of laboratories, called the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). [2] The ERDC was a consolidation of seven, pre-existing laboratories: the Coastal and Hydraulics, Environmental, Geotechnical and Structures, and Information Technology Laboratories in Vicksburg, Mississippi; the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory ...
An important lesson about your 401(k): Don’t fight the Fed. ... Wall Street, meanwhile, has ignored those warnings and has opted to practice unflinching optimism instead. Investors, who have ...
Mar. 14—As the nation works to slow the spread of COVID-19, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District reminds all visitors, volunteers and employees that a face mask is required in ...
The Department of Interior, which administered the FWPCA (prior to 1972), developed a policy with the Department of Justice and the Army Corps of Engineers to use the Refuse Act as an enforcement tool, to complement the FWPCA. In 1970 President Richard Nixon issued an Executive Order creating a new permit program under the Refuse Act. The focus ...