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go directly to report, PDF _ RL32956 - Great Lakes Water Withdrawals: Legal and Policy Issues
7-Oct-2008; Pervaze A. Sheikh, Cynthia Brougher; 26 p.
 Update: Previous Updates:
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Abstract: The Great Lakes and their connecting waters form the largest fresh surface water system on Earth and support substantial social, economic, and ecological interests in the United States and Canada. Because less than 1% of Great Lakes water, on average, is renewed annually, many are concerned with .... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Water, Natural Resources, Wetlands
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL33263 - The Wetlands Coverage of the Clean Water Act is Revisited by the Supreme Court: Rapanos vs. United States
9-Jan-2009; Robert Meltz & Claudia Copeland; 21 p.
 Update: Previous Releases:
November 28, 2007
September 12, 2006
/NLE/CRSreports/06Mar/RL33263.pdf.... [expand]  [read report]
Abstract: Twice in the past, the Supreme Court has grappled with issues as to the geographic scope of the wetlands permitting program in the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). On June 19, 2006, the Supreme Court rendered a third decision, Rapanos v. United States, on appeal from two Sixth Circuit rulings conso.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Wetlands, Water, Legislative
1579 
go directly to report, PDF _ 97-223 - The Army Corps of Engineers’ Nationwide Permits Program: Issues and Regulatory Developments
21-Aug-2008; Claudia Copeland; 30 p.
 Update: Previous Releases:
June 27, 2007
May 19, 2005
February 2, 2005
Nationwide Permits for Wetlands Projects: Permit 26 and Other Issues and Controversies
http://www.NCSEonline.org/nle/crsreports/wetlands/wet-7.cfm
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Abstract: Permits issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorize various types of development projects in wetlands and other waters of the United States. The Corps’ regulatory process involves two types of permits: general permits for actions by private landowners that are similar in nature and w.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Wetlands, Natural Resources
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL33483 - Wetlands: An Overview of Issues
8-Jul-2008; Jeffrey A. Zinn, and Claudia Copeland; 25 p.
 Update: Previous Releases:
June 26, 2007
March 13, 2007
December 11, 2006
June 20,2006
July 30, 2006
MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its most recent periodic survey of changes in wetland acreage in March 2006. Covering 1998 to 2004, i.... [expand]  [read report]
Abstract: The 110th Congress, like earlier ones, may consider numerous policy topics that involve wetlands. The 109th Congress examined controversies such as applying federal regulations on private lands, wetland loss rates, implementation of farm bill provisions, and implications of court decisions affect.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Wetlands, Federal Agencies, Water
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go directly to report, PDF _ RS22467 - Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA): Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Implementation
25-Oct-2007; Jeffrey A. Zinn; 6 p.
 Update: Previous releases:
January 24, 2007
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Abstract: The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA), enacted in 1990 and administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has funded wetland restoration projects for more than 10 years. By law, CWPPRA allocates 70% of appropriated funds ($76 million of $109 million in FY2007) t.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Legislative, Wetlands, Risk & Reform
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go directly to report, PDF _ RS20702 - South Florida Ecosystem Restoration and the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
3-Jan-2008; Pervaze A. Sheikh and Nicole T. Carter; 6 p.
 Update: Previous releases:
June 1, 2007
December 20, 2006
May 26, 2006
March 27, 2001
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Abstract: South Florida Ecosystem Restoration and the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Pervaze A. Sheikh Analyst in Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Resources, Science, and Industry Division Nicole T. Carter Specialist in Natural Resources Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Divisio.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Wetlands, Legislative, Public Lands
226 
go directly to report, PDF _ RS22276 - Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Restoration After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
25-Oct-2007; Jeffrey Zinn; 6 p.
 Update: Previous Releases:
June 5, 2007 January 24, 2007
June 2, 2006
May 4, 2006
http://www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/05dec/RS22276.pdf
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Abstract: Prior to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had been seeking congressional approval for a $1.1 billion program both to construct five projects that would help restore specified sites in the coastal wetland ecosystem in Louisiana, and to continue planning several othe.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Wetlands, Government, Risk & Reform
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL33597 - Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO): Issues for Congress
4-Aug-2006; Nicole T. Carter, Charles V. Stern; 14 p.
 Abstract: The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO, or Outlet) is an element in the navigation network of the Mississippi River that connects the Gulf of Mexico to navigation facilities in central New Orleans. The MRGO, which was constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) in the 1960s, is a 76-mile .... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Government, Water, Wetlands
1728 
go directly to report, PDF _ RS22281 - General Services Administration Federal Facilities Affected by Hurricane Katrina
9-May-2006; Stephanie Smith; 5 p.
 Update: August 25, 2006

Previous releases

/NLE/CRSreports/06Jun/RS22281.pdf.... [expand]  [read report]
Abstract: Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, causing widespread flooding and significant infrastructure damage to 83 federal facilities in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The General Services Administration (GSA) is the federal government’s primary real property agency, with 11 r.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Biodiversity, Wetlands

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go directly to report, PDF _ IB97014 - Wetland Issues
5-Apr-2006; Jeffrey A. Zinn and Claudia Copeland; 18 p.
 Update: May 24, 2006

MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its most recent periodic survey of changes in wetland acreage in March. Covering 1998 to 2004, it concluded that during this time period there was a small net gain in overall wetland acres for the first time .... [expand]  [read report]
Abstract: The 109th Congress, like earlier ones, may consider various wetland policy topics, but the precise direction of legislative activity is uncertain. Of interest are statements by the Bush Administration shortly after the 2004 election that restoration of 3 million wetland acres would be a priori.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Wetlands, Natural Resources, Legislative

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