Clean Water Act

Representative experience

We represented the State of Florida in actions brought by the United States and others concerning discharges of phosphorus into the Florida Everglades.

We represented the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in drafting legal comments on EPA’s proposed definition of “waters of the United States.”

We represented an operator of public wastewater treatment systems charged with civil and criminal CWA violations in connection with a facility in Gary, Indiana.

We successfully challenged EPA’s authority to regulate storm water runoff from a large poultry growing operation in West Virginia.