Lawyers Eye Maui As Potential Avenue For CWA Enforcement Post-Sackett

Lawyers are suggesting that the Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling requiring Clean Water Act (CWA) permits for certain releases to groundwater could provide a potential avenue for attempts to regulate wetlands that are no longer considered federally jurisdictional as a result of the high court’s recent ruling in Sackett v. EPA . Damien Schiff, a senior attorney leading Pacific Legal Foundation’s environmental practice group, who represented the Sackett petitioners before the Supreme Court, said he expects that County of Maui...