CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

FERC allows relicensing to be undertaken by the state agency in a process involving consultation with interested parties and stakeholders in order to reach a “settlement agreement” consensus that can then be blessed by FERC at its conclusion; this is the process DWR followed. Department of Water Resources (2019) 39 Cal.App.5th

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In 2019, First Bank’s regulator, the National Bank of Romania, identified potential sanctions violations involving a US dollar transaction that First Bank had processed for a shipment of timber from Romania to Syria. You should consult with counsel to determine applicable legal requirements in a specific fact situation.

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Montrose

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

IRVINE, CA (September 4, 2020) —Environmental Business Journal®* (EBJ), a business research publication which provides high value strategic business intelligence to the environmental industry*, has honored Montrose Environmental Group (Montrose) with an award for Business Achievement in Mergers & Acquisitions in 2019. “In

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 21, 2022

In 2019, New York State enacted a landmark climate law called the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). Second, Shaw spoke about inter-agency communications and the need to ensure that other state agencies involved in the ORES consultation process have adequate resources to respond to requests from ORES in a timely manner.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

” Although the concept of holding patients harmless from unanticipated out-of-network medical bills became a national policy priority with bipartisan interest in 2019, it took nearly two years for comprehensive surprise billing reform legislation to get across the finish line. 133, §§ 101–118 (2020).]]

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

From 2001 – 2019, Mr. Carême was the Mayor of Grande-Synthe, which lies below sea level along the English Channel in the north of France. France The applicant is Damien Carême , a member of the Europe Ecology – Greens Party in France, who is currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 7, 2021

and in October 2019, Doha Mekki, then Counsel to the AAG, testified before Congress about the harms to competition in the labor market and the DOJ’s response.[[N: You should consult with counsel to determine applicable legal requirements in a specific fact situation. 19, 2018).]]

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The map was produced by Corona Environmental Consulting based on a data-collection project funded by the Water Quality Research Foundation. Even with that record of risk nitrate pollution is in a category to itself. billion in farm sales in 2019. States shaded white did not provide or have data. But we haven’t.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 22, 2021

Federal agencies could prepare programmatic environmental impact statements (EIS’s) for categories of CCS projects, for example, which would allow much shorter and faster environmental assessments on a project-specific basis. CEQ cited an example of a CO2 pipeline project that successfully took advantage of the FAST-41 process in 2019.

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Arnold Porter

MARCH 31, 2023

A "foreign entity of concern" includes over 16 referenced categories of foreign entities, such as a foreign terrorist organization under 8 U.S.C. Further, upon the Secretary's initiated review, the proposed rule requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence.

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Science Blogs

APRIL 11, 2019

Q: Geoengineering proposals are often criticised for taking risks with natural systems that could have catastrophic consequences, often with little to no consultation from the people who could be most affected. Thu, 04/11/2019 - 12:42. Categories. Read the original article. The Conversation. Environment.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 2, 2021

Technology Certification (Tech Cert): Modifies the categories that would or would not be eligible for Tech Cert, which is intended to allow for the development of tests within the same scope of a representative test’s approval without going back through FDA review each time. Medicare Coverage for Precision Medicine Consultations.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

EPA promulgated the challenged rule in 2019 in response to the Ninth Circuit’s issuance of a writ of mandamus in 2017. Information to be collected includes information about chemical identity, categories of use, volumes manufactured and processed, byproducts, environmental and health effects, worker exposure, and disposal.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Interim Rule implements the Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (EO 13873), which was issued by President Trump on May 15, 2019, to "protect the security, integrity, and reliability of information and communications technology and services provided and used in the United States."

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Biden Administration has been quick to respond to the unfolding situation in Myanmar (also known Burma): a day after the military, known as the Tatmadaw, seized control of the country's government, the State Department declared the actions a coup d'état, resulting in a cutoff of many categories of foreign assistance. Conclusion.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

GAO Report Identified Decline in EPA’s Chemical Assessment Processes Since 2019. The risk evaluation’s conclusions that consumer uses do not present an unreasonable risk could preempt state-level restrictions on 1,4-dioxane in personal care, cosmetic, and cleaning products such as restrictions enacted by New York in 2019.[[N:N.Y.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

On September 1, 2021, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the TSCA risk management rule for methylene chloride issued by the Trump Administration in 2019.[[N: It describes how EPA has identified candidate PFAS in 24 categories for which the Agency will require companies to perform testing under TSCA Section 4. Advancement v.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In 2017, the TCFD issued recommendations following a long consultation process between business and financial leaders on how to effectively communicate climate-related information. In 2019, Rep. 3623 , the Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2019. Sean Casten (D-IL) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced H.R.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 5, 2023

In Phoenix, the median home price surged by 69 percent between 2019 and 2022, according to Zillow, even as the Southwest was experiencing its deepest drought in 1,200 years. A Category 5 hurricane striking, say, the center of the Miami-Dade area would be a shock of a different magnitude. Those trends increased during the pandemic.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

ruled in 2019 that BLM had failed to adequately assess the potential impacts of greenhouse gas emissions for certain oil and gas leases in Wyoming. The federal district court for the District of Utah dismissed without prejudice conservation groups’ lawsuit challenging the U.S.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Biden-Harris Administration's rollback of the Trump Administration's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) policies officially began on February 19, 2021, with the rescission of the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ's) 2019 proposed NEPA guidance on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. 3:20-cv-00045-JPJ-PMS (W.D. 21, 2020), ECF No.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Biden-Harris transition included the five final rules, along with the 2019 proposed rule,[[N: Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals Under TSCA Section 6(h) , 84 Fed. 36728 (July 29, 2019).]] N:15 U.S.C. § 2604(f)(5).]]

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), and included in the Senate EPW Committee’s legislation to reauthorize surface transportation programs earlier this year, and in July of 2019. The group must consult with other existing federal interagency working groups on fleet conversion. Eligibility. Speed Mandates. Cost Sharing Requirements.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

EPA unveiled a proposed rule that would take the Navigable Waters Protection Rule off the books and reinstate long-standing regulations defining which streams and wetlands are subject to federal protection, a category known as “Waters of the U.S.,” or WOTUS. “In These funds would be distributed to federal, state, local and tribal agencies.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

In 2019, the Trump administration rolled back standards put in place under the Obama administration following the 2010 BP oil catastrophe that killed 11 people and spewed oil for five months. The Trump administration ended this rule in a 2019 regulation ( see ESA Policy News, Sept. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

According to the ADL Center on Extremism, which gathers reports and tracks antisemitic incident data, these 3,291 antisemitic incidents from 10 October 2023 to 7 January 2024 break down into the following categories:’ ‘56 incidents of physical assault.’ ‘554 554 incidents of vandalism.’ 1,347 incidents of verbal or written harassment.’

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