Talking Under Water Episode 81: WOTUS & The Clean Water Act

In this episode of Talking Under Water, Jeremy Wolfe interviews Duke McCall, partner at Morgan Lewis. The two discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's May 2023 ruling in Sackett v. EPA and its implications. McCall describes the function of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) in the Clean Water Act, the story behind the Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. EPA, which limited the reach of the definition for WOTUS, and how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adjusted its definition of WOTUS after the ruling.

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Timestamps:

Episode Summary | 0:06
What is WOTUS, and how does it affect Clean Water Act compliance? | 0:31
How does the latest Supreme Court decision affect WOTUS? | 3:12
How did the other justices want to define WOTUS? | 6:09
How has EPA and the U.S. Army adjusted the definition of WOTUS in response to this? | 7:37
What is significant about this change? | 10:05
What sort of effects do you think this will bring for the nation’s water quality and environmental health, generally? | 11:19
Housekeeping | 12:36

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