by Dragun Corporation Staff | Dec 5, 2025 | Blog
On November 17, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) issued a news release announcing the most recent attempt to define waters of the United States (WOTUS). The issue of what is and is not...
by Dragun Corporation Staff | Mar 27, 2023 | Blog
As we discussed in our January 19, 2023, blog, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued (in the form of a final rule) the most-recent definition of Waters of the United States, or WOTUS. To the surprise of no one, this rule was challenged in court by...
by Dragun Corporation Staff | Jan 19, 2023 | Blog
A common refrain in recent years has been, “the science is settled” (pick the topic). While we can say that about scientific laws, this statement, as it has been used, is clearly political, not scientific. In fact, when politics enters matters of science, it seems...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Jan 30, 2020 | Blog
In a debate that is nearly as old as the foundation of our major environmental protection laws, we have a new chapter. Not surprisingly, the most recent attempt to define jurisdictional waters in the United States is being met with both praise and derision. As we...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated on several occasions that one of their priorities is to focus on agriculture. In fact, as we wrote in late 2015, the EPA stated that one of their six 2017-2019 focus areas was going to be “Preventing Animal...
