EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi toured Northwest Florida this week, highlighting cleanup progress at the Escambia Wood Treating Company and American Creosote Works Superfund sites and discussing the agency’s push to speed up permitting and shift more permitting authority to states.
FDEP Deputy Secretary John Truitt testified before a U.S. House subcommittee on Sept. 16 in support of H.R. 9017, the Restore Florida Water Independence Act of 2026. The bill would resolve the Endangered Species Act issue that led federal courts to vacate EPA’s 2020 approval of Florida’s Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting program.
The supplemental proposal moves toward Florida’s recommendations on relatively permanent waters and continuous surface connections, but new implementation questions emerge, including a potential collision with one of the Corps’ most durable jurisdictional policies.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a significant new step in the long-running effort to redefine “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS, heading into the Labor Day weekend.
As Florida’s Section 404 wetlands permitting case heads toward a possible rehearing, this editorial argues the dispute exposes a deeper sequencing problem in how federal law lets states assume delegated environmental programs while satisfying the Endangered Species Act.
The U.S. Department of Justice has petitioned the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rehear a March 2026 ruling that upheld the vacating of the EPA’s 2020 approval of Florida’s Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting program. The petition argues the panel’s decision conflicts with existing precedent and threatens the framework for state-administered environmental permitting nationwide.
The EPA’s proposed rule changes would give public water systems more time to meet PFAS standards while dropping restrictions on four of six regulated chemicals, part of a broader $10 billion federal push to address PFAS contamination.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced this week changes to regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
By RALPH A DEMEO The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) is planning changes that would make it much more difficult to develop property containing low levels of arsenic found
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule revising its regulations implementing Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality certification.
By STAFF REPORTS The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have published a new proposed definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) in the
Two longtime Florida DEP officials are stepping into top EPA roles, reflecting the Trump Administration’s continued reliance on Florida talent.
EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi toured Northwest Florida this week, highlighting cleanup progress at the Escambia Wood Treating Company and American Creosote Works Superfund sites and discussing the agency’s push to speed up permitting and shift more permitting authority to states.
FDEP Deputy Secretary John Truitt testified before a U.S. House subcommittee on Sept. 16 in support of H.R. 9017, the Restore Florida Water Independence Act of 2026. The bill would resolve the Endangered Species Act issue that led federal courts to vacate EPA’s 2020 approval of Florida’s Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting program.
The supplemental proposal moves toward Florida’s recommendations on relatively permanent waters and continuous surface connections, but new implementation questions emerge, including a potential collision with one of the Corps’ most durable jurisdictional policies.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a significant new step in the long-running effort to redefine “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS, heading into the Labor Day weekend.
As Florida’s Section 404 wetlands permitting case heads toward a possible rehearing, this editorial argues the dispute exposes a deeper sequencing problem in how federal law lets states assume delegated environmental programs while satisfying the Endangered Species Act.
The U.S. Department of Justice has petitioned the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rehear a March 2026 ruling that upheld the vacating of the EPA’s 2020 approval of Florida’s Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting program. The petition argues the panel’s decision conflicts with existing precedent and threatens the framework for state-administered environmental permitting nationwide.
The EPA’s proposed rule changes would give public water systems more time to meet PFAS standards while dropping restrictions on four of six regulated chemicals, part of a broader $10 billion federal push to address PFAS contamination.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced this week changes to regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
By RALPH A DEMEO The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) is planning changes that would make it much more difficult to develop property containing low levels of arsenic found
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule revising its regulations implementing Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality certification.
By STAFF REPORTS The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have published a new proposed definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) in the
Two longtime Florida DEP officials are stepping into top EPA roles, reflecting the Trump Administration’s continued reliance on Florida talent.
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