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Supreme Court Issues Decision Sharply Limiting Clean Water Act Jurisdiction over Wetlands

E2 Law Blog

715 (2006), and embraced ever since in a series of rulemakings and jurisdictional determinations by the EPA and the U.S. Finally, it states that a third category (category C), consisting of wetlands “adjacent” to traditional navigable waters, is “includ[ed]” within B. United States , 547 U. at (slip op. at (slip op.

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That Dam Case (Again):  Third District Upholds Oroville Hydropower Facilities Relicensing EIR Against Numerous CEQA Challenges

CEQA Developments

DWR’s efforts in this regard took place from 2001 to 2006, involving “five federal agencies, five state agencies, seven local government entities, five Native American tribes, four local water agencies, and 13 nongovernmental organizations,” with three years of hearings and two years of negotiations. 791a et seq.).

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Circuit Vacated EPA’s Administrative Stay of Methane Standards for Oil and Gas Facilities. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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Research Roundup: FDA Uses Fall and Winter 2021 to Release Significant New Guidance Governing Hot-Button Life Sciences Research Topics

Arnold Porter

This Advisory provides an update on several recently issued US Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) draft guidance documents and advice addressing areas of increased attention. They should have agreements in place to ensure that any RWD owned by a third-party may be provided to FDA for inspection.[[N:While ”[[N:Id.

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Fourth District Addresses Numerous Significant CEQA Issues In Action Challenging City of San Diego’s Utility Undergrounding Projects

CEQA Developments

After briefing and argument, the trial court denied the requested writ relief, finding McCann failed to exhaust administrative remedies prior to seeking judicial review of the Exempt Projects, and failed to demonstrate that substantial evidence supported a fair argument that the MND Projects may have a significant environmental impact.

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Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sector: A Cap-and-Invest Approach

Vermont Law

This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate, a multi-school online forum run by student editors from the nation’s leading environmental law reviews. . The government sets an overall emissions target¾the cap¾and determines which facilities will be covered. Cap-and-trade programs generally operate as follows. [13].

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The Long Life and Sudden Demise of Federal Wetlands Protection

Legal Planet

For instance, under the Court’s reasoning, a Reagan Administration regulation as a blatantly illegal environmentalist overreach. Five Justices (four dissenters plus Justiice Kennedy) support the “significant nexus” test, which the lower courts generally view as binding law. Here’s a timeline of the major events. In Rapanos v.