Author: Harold Johnson
In this comprehensive article, PLF attorney, M. Reed Hopper, critiques the Clean Water Restoration Act pending in Congress. He exposes the misconceptions on which the Act is based and argues the Act far exceeds congressional power. Contrary to common belief and longstanding constitutional principles, CWRA would not restore federal authority to pre-SWANCC and -Rapanos conditions, but would expressly subject ALL waters in the United States to federal control for the first time in our Nation's history.
