Corps Unveils Guide To Clarify 'High Water Mark' Core To CWA Decisions

October 16, 2014
The Army Corps of Engineers has unveiled guidance aimed at clarifying how regulators can assess the boundaries of an "ordinary high water mark" (OHWM) parameter used in Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdictional determinations, although the guide's impact on EPA's and the Corps' pending rule to define the scope of the water law remains unclear. In response to the guidance -- posted in recent weeks to the Corps' website -- the Waters Advocacy Coalition (WAC) of various major industry groups says...


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