Restoring Water-Quality Jurisdiction in California

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Dean Wallraff

Advocates for the Environment

Date Written: August 3, 2009

Abstract

Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, especially SWANCC and Rapanos, have substantially reduced the set of waters subject to federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction. The effects of these ruling have been somewhat attenuated in California by state water-quality laws. But the rulings substantially hinder water-quality regulation in California and should be legislatively reversed, by amendments to either the federal Clean Water Act or the California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act.

Keywords: Clean Water Act, California Waters, SWANCC, Rapanos

JEL Classification: K32

Suggested Citation

Wallraff, Dean, Restoring Water-Quality Jurisdiction in California (August 3, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2549777 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2549777

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