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Navigating Nonpoint Source Pollution Under the CWA

Meta Description: Nonpoint Source (NPS) pollution is the leading cause of water quality impairment in the U.S. Learn how the Clean Water Act (CWA) attempts to regulate this diffuse threat through state programs, TMDLs, and Section 319 grants—and the legal challenges that persist. The Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 is one of the United […]

Agricultural Runoff, as these voluntary, channel, Clean Water Act, crucially, CWA, Diffuse Pollution, ditch, education, environmental law, EPA, grease, herbicides, land use planning, navigable waters, pesticides, Point Source, Pollution Regulation, road construction, roads, Section 319, Stormwater Discharge, such as a pipe, technical assistance, territories, TMDLs, toxic chemicals, Urban Stormwater

The Complex Legal Web of U.S. Inland Waterways

Post Focus: Inland Waterways Law and Jurisdiction The body of law governing U.S. inland waterways—rivers, lakes, and canals—is a complex interplay of federal maritime law, state property rights, and navigation regulations. This post demystifies key concepts like navigability, admiralty jurisdiction, and the conflict between public access and private riparian rights. Navigating the United States’ vast

33 CFR Part 329, boating, Boating accidents, domestic water use, fishing, Inland Waterways Act, lakes, least-intrusive, lighting, littoral rights, maritime law, navigable waters, present, riparian rights, Rivers and lakes law, traffic density

Your Guide to Riparian Rights: Waterfront Property Law

Summary of Legal Concepts Riparian rights are a foundational element of property law, granting landowners whose property borders a body of water the right to reasonably use that water. This legal framework, primarily rooted in English common law, is central to real estate transactions and development across the Eastern United States, balancing private access with

Agricultural, be reasonable, development, dock, dock construction, dock rights, fishing, how they can use it, however, littoral rights, navigable waters, or industrial use, or lake, prior appropriation, Regulated Riparian, riparian rights, stream, streams, surface water rights, swim, washing), water access, water rights, Water Use Permit

Protecting Assets and Rights on Navigable Waters

Meta Description: Delve into US Shipping Law. Understand the key differences between Admiralty and Maritime Law, how they operate distinctly from general civil law, and the unique aspects of maritime contracts and property law, including maritime liens and the Limitation of Liability Act. Decoding US Shipping Law: Admiralty, Maritime, Contracts, and Property For those engaged

a cargo claim, admiralty law, and crew members, bill of lading, but certain claims, charter parties, charter party, commerce, Contracts, fuel, General Civil Law, in rem action, Jones Act, Law of the Sea, maintenance and cure, marine insurance, maritime, maritime contracts, maritime law, maritime lien, maritime liens, navigable waters, navigation, or a seaman's injury, powerful, rivers, salvage, seas, shipping, specialized, US Federal Courts, US Maritime Law, US Shipping Law, vendors, Voyage

The Legal Guide to Navigating US Wetlands Protection Law

Meta Description: Understand the essentials of US wetlands protection law, focusing on the Clean Water Act Section 404, the role of the Army Corps of Engineers and EPA, and the impact of the recent WOTUS ruling for property owners and developers. Wetlands—including marshes, swamps, bogs, and similar areas—are vital ecosystems, playing a critical role in

and finally, bogs, controlling floods, enhancing, Environmental Review, establishing, expertise, Federal Jurisdiction, General Permit, guidance, hydric soils, including wetlands, Individual Permit, infrastructure, layered jurisdiction, location, Minimization, minimize, navigable waters, often, or, or agriculture, passed in 1972, physical, regulations, silviculture, swamps, Wetland Conservation, Wetland Delineation, WOTUS

Navigating the Waves: A Comprehensive Guide to Shipping Law

Meta Description: What is Shipping Law? Shipping law, frequently referred to as Admiralty or Maritime law, is the specialized body of law that governs nearly all nautical issues and private disputes on navigable waters. It is essential for regulating global commerce, defining the rights of seafarers, and establishing liability for accidents and cargo loss at

admiralty law, ancient civil codes, Cabotage, carriage of goods, collisions, damaged, fuel suppliers, general maritime law, In Rem Proceedings, Jones Act, longshoremen, marine insurance, maritime law, maritime liens, navigable waters, Oil Pollution Act, or delayed cargo, or lien, or more formally, owned, predictability, responsibilities, salvage, salvage law, seafarer rights, Ship Arrest, shipowner liability, shipper, Shipping Regulation, vessel collision

The Public Trust Doctrine: Custody of Our Shared Resources

Meta Description: Understand the Public Trust Doctrine, a foundational principle in environmental law that obligates the government to protect essential natural resources like navigable waters and submerged lands for public use and benefit, both now and for future generations. The Public Trust Doctrine is a powerful and ancient legal principle that forms a critical cornerstone

and scenic values, and submerged lands, commerce, Common Law, ecological values, environmental law, government custody, including ecological, jus publicum, like Maine, Mono Lake, more importantly, natural resources, navigable waters, property rights, public access, published in 533 AD, recreational, running water, state as trustee, Submerged Lands, the sea, tidelands, wetlands, while others, wildlife

Public Trust Doctrine: Your Rights to Water and Nature

Meta Description: The Public Trust Doctrine (PTD) is a vital legal principle that protects public ownership and access to certain natural resources. Learn its historical roots, what resources it covers, and the government’s role as state trustee duty to safeguard water and land for current and future generations. The relationship between the public and its

acts as the trustee, and tidelands, as trustees, bathing, commerce, Common Law, Common Property, develop, entered the Union, environmental law, fishing, legal principle, like California, manage, natural resources, navigable waters, open space, public access, Public Interest, recreation, recreational, running water, sovereign lands, State Trustee Duty, Submerged Lands, swimming, the sea, therefore, tidelands, use, water rights, wetlands, wildlife

The Public Trust Doctrine: Key to Natural Resources Law

Meta Description The Public Trust Doctrine is a foundational legal principle compelling the government to hold and protect certain natural resources, such as navigable waters and sovereign lands, as a trustee for the benefit of its citizens. Learn about its historical roots, its expansion into modern environmental law, and its pivotal role in water rights

aesthetics, and even, as the trustee, boating, commerce, court precedents, environmental law, government duties, individual citizens, Mono Lake case, natural resources, navigable waters, open space, property owners, public access, rivers, running water, sovereign lands, state as trustee, such as beaches, the atmosphere, the sea, tidelands, water rights, water skiing, wildlife, yet often complex