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CWA Jurisdiction Extends to Cranberry Bogs
Author(s) -
Stiegler Mayo H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2006.tb07771.x
Subject(s) - bog , clean water act , jurisdiction , hydrology (agriculture) , law , environmental science , political science , geology , peat , geography , archaeology , ecology , water quality , geotechnical engineering , biology
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ruled that the Clean Water Act (CWA) applies to several Massachusetts cranberry bogs that are hydrologically connected to a navigable river.