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Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1344. Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001), was a decision by the US Supreme Court that interpreted a provision of the Clean Water Act. Section 404 [1] of the Act requires permits for the discharge of dredged or fill materials into "navigable ...
The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) is a 1990 United States federal law that provides funds for wetland enhancement. [1] The law is implemented by federal and state agencies, focusing on restoration of lost wetlands of the Gulf Coast , as well as protecting the wetlands from future deterioration.
And even with the current focus on wetland conservation, the US is losing about 60,000 acres (240 km 2) of wetlands per year (as of 2004). [2] However, from 1998 to 2004 the United States managed a net gain of 191,750 acres (776.0 km 2) of wetlands (mostly freshwater). [2] The past several decades have seen an increasing number of laws and ...
Millions of acres of wetlands across the country lost protections that existed under the Clean Water Act after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year left it up to states to decide the extent of ...
No net loss is a mitigation policy goal aiming to prevent and offset the destruction or degradation of wetlands. Under this bi-partisan policy, wetlands currently in existence are to be conserved if possible. No net loss is achieved through a coordinated effort of: [7] wetlands protection. creation of new wetlands.
The Supreme Court on Thursday limited federal protection for millions of acres of U.S. wetlands, ruling for property rights over clean water. In a 5-4 decision, the court said the Clean Water Act ...
Wetland conservation in Uganda has faced numerous challenges and these include the growing population driving encroachment into wetlands for settlement, agriculture and for other resources. [11] In the recent census conducted by UBOS in 2014 indicates population growth at a rate of 3.2% per annum and has almost tripled from 12.6 million in 1980 ...
A N.C. Department of Environmental Quality analysis said as many as 2.5 million acres of wetlands could be at risk under the new law.