Significant Changes Proposed for Nationwide Permitting
By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21
2020 was a year of unprecedented circumstances and change, and more change is coming in 2021—this time, in the form of significant modifications to the nationwide permitting program. On September 15, 2020, the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to reissue and modify nationwide permits (NWPs), ahead of the usual five-year reauthorization schedule for the current 2017 NWPs. The Corps is authorized to issue NWPs under section 404 of the Clean Water Act and...
By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP