Erika H. Spanton,
Principal

Tel: +1.206.315.4815

espanton@bdlaw.com

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Publications

Updated on April 18, 2025News Alert EPA Proposes Updated General Clean Water Act Industrial and Construction Permits

Beveridge & DiamondDrew Silton, Erika Spanton, Amandine Fromont

March 24, 2025News Alert EPA Seeks Stakeholder Feedback for Implementation of WOTUS

Beveridge & DiamondParker Moore, Drew Silton, Erika Spanton, Tim Pohle, Julia Li

Updated on March 12, 2025News Alert EPA Region 1 Doubles Down on Unprecedented Effort to Require Stormwater Permits for an Expansive Range of Formerly Unregulated Properties

Beveridge & DiamondErika Spanton, Richard Davis, Drew Silton, Julia Li, Abby Barnicle

January 29, 2025Article Outlook for Trump Administration Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Regulation, Enforcement & Litigation

Beveridge & DiamondEditors: John Cruden, Allyn Stern, Amber Ahmed, Stephen Smith, Justin Smith

January 16, 2025Article Environmental Developments to Watch in California in 2025

Beveridge & DiamondSusan Smith, Jamie Auslander, Jake Duginski, Jayni Lanham, Kaitlyn Shannon, Erika Spanton, Gary Smith, Patrick Redmond, Leticia Duarte, Sara Eddy, Gabriela Espir, Jeremy Faulkner, Nicole Garson, Ragini Gupta, Lauren Lankenau, Sharon Mathew, Claire McLeod Ruiz, Lauren Murvihill, Megan V. Unger

January 2, 2025News Alert Washington Ecology Issues its New Industrial Stormwater General Permit, Effective January 1, 2025

Beveridge & DiamondErika Spanton, Allyn Stern, Katherine O'Keefe

December 20, 2024News Alert Washington Department of Ecology to Update to Organic Materials Management Rules to Reduce Potential Feedstock Contamination

Beveridge & DiamondErika Spanton, Augustus Winkes, Christopher Bolte

December 19, 2024News Alert City in Washington Votes to Grant Local River Legally Enforceable Right to Exist

Beveridge & DiamondEric Christensen, Erika Spanton, Chris Bolte

November 21, 2024News Alert EPA Region 9 Finalizes Purported Expansion of NPDES Stormwater Regulation for Two Watersheds in Los Angeles County

Beveridge & DiamondErika Spanton, Drew Silton, Richard Davis, Julia Li, Abby Barnicle

October 23, 2024News Alert EPA Finalizes New Aquatic Life Water Quality Standards Guidelines for Ten PFAS

Beveridge & DiamondNessa Coppinger, Drew Silton, Erika Spanton, Julia Li, Amandine Fromont

October 22, 2024News Alert EPA Issues Final Lead and Copper Rule Improvements with Far Reaching Lead Pipe Replacement Mandates

Beveridge & DiamondTom Richichi, Erika Spanton, Ning Hsu

October 9, 2024News Alert Federal Court Orders EPA to Regulate Fluoridation of Drinking Water under TSCA

Beveridge & DiamondMark Duvall, Tom Richichi, Erika Spanton, Jack Zietman

May 31, 2024News Alert EPA Expands Role of Tribal Rights in Setting Water Quality Standards

Beveridge & DiamondErika Spanton, Patrick Redmond, Barbara Marvin, Samantha Bingaman (2024 Summer Associate)

May 30, 2024News Alert Ecology Proposes Significant—And Legally Vulnerable—Changes to Washington’s Industrial Stormwater General Permit

Beveridge & DiamondErika Spanton, Allyn Stern, Katy O'Keefe

April 10, 2024News Alert EPA Finalizes National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for Certain PFAS

Beveridge & DiamondNessa Coppinger, Jeanine Grachuk, Pamela Marks, Julius Redd, Erika Spanton, Barbara Marvin, Nick Hanel

Updated April 4, 2024News Alert EPA Issues Final Rulemaking on Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans

Beveridge & DiamondRichard Davis, Karen Hansen, Erika Spanton, Allyn Stern, Timothy M. Sullivan, Lauren Lankenau

February 20, 2024News Alert EPA Issues Long-Awaited (and Disappointing) Proposed Guidance on Combined Sewer Overflows

Beveridge & DiamondRichard Davis, Drew Silton, Erika Spanton

August 11, 2023News Alert Major Questions Doctrine Reaches the Clean Water Act

Beveridge & DiamondEric Christensen, Erika Spanton, Jack Zietman

Updated June 27, 2023News Alert Supreme Court Narrows CWA Jurisdiction Over Waters of the U.S.

Beveridge & DiamondJamie Auslander, Eric Christensen, Richard Davis, Karen Hansen, Parker Moore, Drew Silton, Erika Spanton, Allyn Stern, Tim Sullivan, Jonas Reagan

June 27, 2023News Alert U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Expand the Reserved Water Right

Beveridge & DiamondErika Spanton, Barbara Marvin, Nicole Bayne, Katy O’Keefe

May 4, 2023News Alert Fishers' Livelihood Concerns Could Bring SCOTUS Sea Change for Environmental Law

Beveridge & DiamondJohn Cruden, Loren Dunn, Erika Spanton, Allyn Stern, Jack Zietman

February 16, 2023News Alert Washington Department of Ecology Signals that Nooksack Basin Water Rights Adjudication is Ready for Launch

Beveridge & DiamondEric Christensen, Erika Spanton, Rachel Roberts

December 14, 2022News Alert Washington Supreme Court Affirms Ecology’s Authority to Bypass Rulemaking When Requiring New PCB Sampling Methods Under CWA Permits

Erika Spanton, Allyn Stern, Dave Weber, and Gus Winkes

December 7, 2022News Alert Tribal Treaty Rights Take Center Stage in Two Landmark Federal Water Quality Actions

Beveridge & DiamondDave Weber, Eric Christensen, Allyn Stern, Erika Spanton, Rachel Roberts, John O'Meara

November 1, 2022News Alert EPA Region 1 Expands NPDES Stormwater Permitting Requirement to Sites Across Three Massachusetts Watersheds

Beveridge & DiamondRichard Davis, Erika Spanton, Julia Li

April 25, 2022News Alert EPA Seeks to Expand Clean Water Act Spill Response Planning to Hazardous Substances

Beveridge & DiamondRichard Davis, Karen Hansen, Allyn Stern, Erika Spanton, Nicole Bayne, Ethan Pauling

August 25, 2021Article Clarifying the Scope of Transportation Facility Stormwater Regulation in Washington

WSBA Environmental & Land Use Law Section BlogErika Spanton

July 22, 2021News Alert EPA’s Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Stormwater Challenged in the Ninth Circuit — Plastics a Key Issue

Beveridge & DiamondKaren Hansen, Allyn Stern, Erika Spanton, Sarah Munger

July 20, 2021News Alert Key Trends Impacting Fisheries and Aquaculture in the United States

Beveridge & DiamondDeepti Gage, Kirstin Gruver, Mackenzie Schoonmaker, Erika Spanton

June 22, 2021News Alert New Fishing Limits Proposed for Pacific Commercial Chinook Salmon

Beveridge & DiamondKirstin Gruver, Erika Spanton, Jamie Auslander

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