CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Located in a steep valley directly west of Interstate 15, the Project site is also located adjacent to parcels of land zoned “semi-rural residential” and in proximity to a number of residential communities, which resulted in strong public opposition to the Project ultimately leading to litigation.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Farms collectively are the largest source of nitrate pollution in rivers and groundwater, and the penalty for contaminated water — meaning stricter and more costly standards in order to protect public health — is paid by the people who drink it. Even with that record of risk nitrate pollution is in a category to itself.

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Ohio Environmental Law

MAY 8, 2020

The NWPR goes into effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, which occurred on April 21, 2020; therefore, the rule will become effective on June 22, 2020. Following the 2006 decision by the U.S. The NWPR covers four categories of waters: The territorial seas and traditional navigable waters (i.e., groundwater).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Loyalsock Watershed is classified by DEP as an Exceptional Value stream whose water quality must be protected by law, with no degradation. It's just simply a category into which they put species that are at risk,” said Dr. Petokas. “So DEP has also received complaints from the public regarding the issues at the site.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. In Smith v Fonterra , decided by New Zealand’s Supreme Court this week, we have perhaps the biggest common law breakthrough. All three of Smith’s claims will now proceed to what may the be first full climate tort claim in a common law jurisdiction.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

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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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Council would thereafter create an “Underground Utility District” for the selected blocks to be completed with the year’s funding; residents/owners within the district would be mailed a notice of public hearing and a map so they could comment prior to Council’s approval of creation of the district. City of Lodi (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Proposed rule will be open for public comment for 60 days. Offered each year, this award gives graduate students hands-on training and science policy experience including interacting with congressional decision-makers, federal agency officials, and ecologists who work in the science and public policy arena. Senate confirms Charles F.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2014

715 (2006), the scope of regulatory jurisdiction in the proposed rule is narrower than under the existing regulations. Finally, based on Justice Kennedy’s “significant nexus” standard, the proposed rule modifies the definition of “other waters” (that is, those waters not fitting in another category under “waters of the United States”).

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The agenda notes DOE is preparing a major rulemaking to reduce the use of fossil fuels in federal buildings — an implementation of a 2007 law. She also voiced support for the Obama administration’s 2015 sage grouse conservation plans and the Trump administration’s plans to remove wild horses and burros from public lands. NOAA – U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 17, 2011

715 (2006). Public comment on the proposed guidance must be received on or before July 1, 2011. The proposed guidance divides these waters into two categories (those that are physically proximate to other jurisdictional waters and those that are not) and discusses how each category should be evaluated.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2021

FDA’s decision to issue this investigator-specific guidance follows publication of a draft sponsor-specific safety reporting guidance in June 2021, and is part of an effort to ultimately replace the older guidance documents with role-specific guidance. He is not admitted to the practice of law.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 6, 2007

2208 (2006). The agencies will take public comments on implementation of the guidance until December 5, 2007. In 2006, the Supreme Court decided two consolidated cases involving the Corps’ authority to require dredge and fill permits under CWA § 404 for discharge into wetlands having only indirect connections to navigable waters.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

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. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

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 report breaks down these investments into four categories. The report also notes that “RGGI investments in 2015 are estimated to return $2.31

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