U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency Issue Final Rule to Revise Definition of 'Discharge of Dredged Material' Under Clean Water Act

Summary

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency have issued a final rule to amend a Clean Water Act section 404 regulation that defines the term 'discharge of dredged material', following a court order that invalidated the 2001 amendments to the regulatory definition.