Wetlands Coverage of the Clean Water Act Is Revisited by the Supreme Court : Rapanos v. United States.

Examines geographic scope of the wetlands permitting program under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and consequences of restricting the scope of CWA regulatory protection. Reviews Rapanos v. U.S. and Carabell v. Army Corps of Engineers, both Supreme Court cases concerning the scope of CWA, Federal-State re...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Constitutional law. Land use. Right of property. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines geographic scope of the wetlands permitting program under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and consequences of restricting the scope of CWA regulatory protection. Reviews Rapanos v. U.S. and Carabell v. Army Corps of Engineers, both Supreme Court cases concerning the scope of CWA, Federal-State relations, and private property rights as they relate to wetlands permitting programs.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.