The Wetlands Coverage of the Clean Water Act (CWA) Is Revisited by the Supreme Court : Rapanos v. United States

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

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Examines geographic scope of the wetlands permitting program under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and consequences of restricting the scope of CWA regulatory protection. Reviews Rapanos v. U.S. and Cara...

Examines geographic scope of the wetlands permitting program under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and consequences of restricting the scope of CWA regulatory protection. Reviews Rapanos v. U.S. and Carabell v. Army Corps of Engineers, both Supreme Court cases concerning the scope of CWA, Federal-State relations, and private property rights as they relate to wetlands permitting programs.

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