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7 Earth Jurisprudence & Envtl. Just. J. 5 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/earjujo7 and id is 1 raw text is: IT-SALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE: HOW THE NATION S DISPUTE WITH CLEAN WATER ACT J URISDICTION IS SOLVED Spencer H. Newman* ABSTRACT What makes the United States one of the most prosperous and safest nations in the modern world? Perhaps it is the durable econorry, the strong military force, or the Constitutional protections. What most Americans take for granted, however, is something people in many nations base their entire lives around: safe, clean water. Promulgated in 1972, the original Clean Water Act has been opposed and amended over the course of forty years. No provision, however, has been as hotly contested as the f 404 program for 'dredge and fill - permits. Specifically, this section led to divisions on what constitutes 'water that is subject to Clean Water Act jurisdiction and what does not. Hoping to solve the confusion once and for all, the E PA -s 'Clean Water Rule_ was published in 2015. The Rule, however, was immediately met with litigation and was hit with a nationwide stay by the Sixth Circuit. This article is the first to collectively address the pending arguments against the Rule while arguing that the adoption of Justice Kennedy-s significant nexus test was the best option. When the Sixth Circuit makes its decision on the merits, the decision will likely make it to the Supreme Court. The Court should find that contrary to many allegations, the Rule does not violate the Administrative Procedure Act, the Commerce Clause, or the Clear Statement Canon. Further, by applying the 2016 Hawkes Co. ruling, the Court should be able to ease * The author is a May 2018 J uris Doctor candidate at The University of Mississippi School of Law, a Staff Editor of Volume 86 of the Mississippi Law journal, and a member of the Pace National Environmental Moot Court Team at Ole Miss. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Mississippi State University in 2015. The author wishes to thank Dean Jack Wade Nowlin and Professor David W. Case for their guidance and support throughout the writing process as well as his fellow staff editors of the Mississippi LawJ ournal. 5

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