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Publications
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12.21.2020Arizona DEQ Proposes Final Contours and Draft Legislation for Surface Water Protection ProgramUpdatesThe Arizona Department of Environmental Quality updated stakeholders on December 15, 2020, regarding the final elements of its proposed state Surface Water Protection Program and solicited feedback on the draft legislation for the program.
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11.23.2020Closing the Clean Water Gap: Arizona DEQ Proposes State Protected Surface Waters ProgramUpdatesThe Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, on November 6, 2020, introduced a proposed Protected Surface Water Program, which would regulate certain state surface waters that are newly excluded from the regulatory scope of the federal Clean Water Act.
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03.02.2017Executive Order Signals Federal Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Will Be NarrowedUpdatesIn the latest chapter of the seemingly never-ending controversy over the Clean Water Act’s reach, on February 28, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to rescind or revise the Obama administration’s 2015 Clean Water Rule.
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04.01.2015Newly Revised Arizona Purchaser Dwelling Act Changes Rules for Construction Defect ClaimsUpdatesWhen the Arizona Legislature enacted the Purchaser Dwelling Act (the Act) in 2002, it imposed various pre-litigation notice and inspection requirements on a purchaser or a homeowners’ association before they could file a lawsuit alleging defective construction against those engaged in the business of designing, constructing or selling dwellings.
