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U.S. Supreme Court Issues Major Environmental Decision Narrowing the Scope of the Clean Water Act

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715 (2006), which was issued 17 years ago but was not uniformly applied due to Justice Kennedy’s use of the “significant nexus” test in his concurrence. Brief Overview of “Waters of the United States” The Supreme Court previously considered the scope of “waters of the United States” under the CWA in 2006 in Rapanos. 715, 739 (2006). [3]

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 3)

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Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), requires CARB to develop and update every five years a scoping plan that describes the approach California will take to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 2)

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Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated at least once every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. To date, $10.5

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update

Clean Energy Law

Originally, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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“Yes, San Francisco, There Is A CEQA”: First District Reverses Judgment Upholding City’s Categorical Exemption Determinations For Project To Add Four 90-Foot Tall Light Standards To High School Stadium In Residential Neighborhood

CEQA Developments

The project would not, however, increase the stadium’s capacity or overall frequency of use. 2006) 141 Cal.App.4th 2006) 139 Cal.App.4th c)) applied, or that the project approval violated the City’s code and general plan. Monterey Peninsula Water Management Dist. 4th 677, 693-694.). San Lorenzo Valley Unified School Dist.

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CEQA Remedies Go Both Ways:  Fourth District Reverses Judgment Upholding San Diego County Board’s Decision Granting Project Opponents’ Administrative Appeal, Holds Board Erred In Finding CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Statutory Exemption Inapplicable And Ordering EIR Prepared for Exempt Industrial Project

CEQA Developments

1) held the San Diego County Board of Supervisors committed a prejudicial abuse of discretion in granting project opponents’ appeals of the Planning Commission’s decision upholding County’s use of the CEQA Guidelines section 15183 exemption for a construction debris and inert materials recycling facility project. Hilltop Group, Inc.,

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Does anyone remember consensus?

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VIRGINIA forever was established as a 501(c)(4) organization in 2006 as a project of The Nature Conservancy utilizing a grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment. The group quickly agreed that it should support the environmental agencies’ budget requests in two broad categories: water quality improvement and land conservation.

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