In this episode of Talking Under Water, Duke McCall, partner in Environmental Counseling & Litigation at Morgan Lewis, discusses the 1-year anniversary of the Sackett vs. EPA ruling. The Supreme Court’s decision on Sackett v. EPA significantly altered ‘waters of the United States,’ only allowing the regulation of wetlands that are indistinguishable from a protected body of water. In this interview, McCall discusses what has happened in the year since the ruling, work that has been done since and how the ruling has impacted it and where the industry goes from here.

• Supreme Court weakens Clean Water Act’s wetlands protections
• Talking Under Water Episode 81: WOTUS & The Clean Water Act
• EPA, Army amend WOTUS to align with Supreme Court wetlands decision
• More than wetlands at stake in WOTUS fight

• Introduction and episode summary | 0:00
• Interview starts | 1:02
• What's happened since the Sackett v. EPA ruling | 1:37
• How does the election year impact these kinds of regulations? | 5:01
• Have water professionals changed how they work? | 6:20
• Slow rollout generations uncertainty | 7:37
• Where do we go from here? | 8:44
• Housekeeping | 10:59

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