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

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Environmental law.

Federal government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (23 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Wetlands Coverage of the Clean Water Act (CWA) Is Revisited by the Supreme Court

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