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Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. United States Environmental Protection Agency et al
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March 18, 2024
Judge Pauses Fla. Tribe's Suit Over Clean Water Act Program
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.
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March 15, 2024
Fla. Tribe Urges No Pause In Suit Over State's Water Power
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.
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January 02, 2024
Fla. Says Tribe Misreads 'Indian Lands' In Water Permit Suit
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.
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November 22, 2023
Florida Tribe Seeks To Overturn EPA Water Permit Decision
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.
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October 18, 2023
Florida Defends State Water Permitting Program
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.
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September 28, 2023
EPA Says Tribe Can't Challenge Florida Water Power Transfer
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.
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July 28, 2023
Florida Tribe Presses To Halt State's CWA Permitting
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.
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October 14, 2022
Judge Lets Florida In On Tribe's EPA Water Power Challenge
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.
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September 08, 2022
Florida Wants In On Tribe's EPA Water Power Challenge
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.
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August 05, 2022
Fla. Tribe Says EPA Improperly Gave State Water Power
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "disregarded and diminished" the sovereignty of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida when it approved Florida's effort to take over an important Clean Water Act permitting program, the tribe said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday.