Clean Water Act-Supreme Court Weighs its Future, RiverRally2009
Channel: m Spiess
Date: 17/01/2010

Supreme court Justices Roberts and Alito have "expressed reservations about the scope of federal authority under the Commerce Clause, the principal source of congressional power to protect the environment." Decisions that have dramatic impact on the ability of the federal and state governments to protect wetlands, water quality and fisheries under the CWA are discussed by Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School. Swank, Rapanos & Carabell -deal with the scope of geographic jurisdiction over tributaries and adjacent wetlands, SDWarren- deals with the authority of the states to require federally licensed hydroelectric dams to comply with state water quality standards during relicensing" are included---- coments from the 1 1/2 hour workshop are included in this clip. The workshop June 1 Baltimore "Supreme Court Weighs Future of the Clean Water Act"