September 18, 2024
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday further extended his pause of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians' lawsuit claiming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency improperly granted Florida authority over a Clean Water Act permitting program, while the D.C. Circuit considers an appeal in a similar case.
March 18, 2024
A Florida federal judge on Monday paused a lawsuit brought by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians alleging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency improperly granted the state permitting authority under a Clean Water Act program, saying the case could be moot if an order in similar litigation is allowed to stand.
March 15, 2024
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida on Thursday urged a federal judge not to pause its lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that alleges the state was improperly awarded authority over a Clean Water Act permitting program.
January 02, 2024
Florida has once again urged a federal judge to hand it a win in a tribe's lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's approval of the state's effort to take over a Clean Water Act permitting program, arguing that the tribe's theory of "Indian lands" is wrong.
November 22, 2023
A Native American tribe has asked a federal court for a quick win in its lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's approval of Florida's effort to take over a Clean Water Act permitting program, saying the tribe's waters are outside the state's regulatory jurisdiction.
October 18, 2023
Florida has fired back at a Native American tribe's attempt to upend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision granting the Sunshine State Clean Water Act permitting power typically reserved for the federal government, defending the adequacy of its permitting program application.
September 28, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving to sink a Native American tribe's lawsuit accusing the EPA of inappropriately giving Florida Clean Water Act permitting power that was previously reserved for the federal government.
July 28, 2023
The Miccosukee Tribe in Florida wants a federal court to revoke the Sunshine State's management of a Clean Water Act permitting program, claiming U.S. regulators unlawfully gave state officials authority over tribal land.
October 14, 2022
A Florida federal judge on Friday granted the state's request to intervene in the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians' lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the administration of an important Clean Water Act permitting program.
September 08, 2022
Florida on Wednesday said the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians cannot support their claims that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "disregarded and diminished" their sovereignty in giving the state authority to administer an important Clean Water Act permitting program.