Bobby Magill

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The Army Corps of Engineers will propose to renew and update 56 of its 57 existing nationwide permits for work in streams and wetlands by the end of June, the agency said Monday. The permits, issued under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, offer a fast way for project developers to get approved for activities considered to have a minimal effect on the environment.

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Bobby Magill

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he wants to charge international visitors to national parks more than Americans, as if they’re visiting “gorillas in Rwanda.” The Interior Department is missing “a $1 billion revenue opportunity” by not charging international visitors to Yosemite and other national parks more than domestic visitors—money that could be used for park maintenance and staffing, Burgum said Thursday during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Bobby Magill

Many wastewater systems in South Carolina don’t understand how to access federal infrastructure funding, and a lack of state staff prevents the systems from obtaining those dollars, the EPA Office of Inspector General said in a report published Wednesday. South Carolina has the financial resources to tap bipartisan infrastructure law money available through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Bobby Magill

A US president’s power to create and undo national monuments under the 1906 Antiquities Act is among the White House’s “most sweeping unilateral powers,” the Justice Department said in a slip opinion. The opinion forms the Justice Department’s rationale for abolishing national monuments, many of which have been declared by presidents to protect large swaths of public land from development.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Bobby Magill

The EPA expects programs that help pay for water infrastructure projects to expand with new funding sources, agency officials said Monday, even as the White House plans budget cuts that eviscerate those same programs.