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

CEQA Developments

FERC was preparing its own environmental impact statement under NEPA at the same time.) Department of Water Resources (2019) 39 Cal.App.5th But on December 11, 2019, SCOCA again granted the Counties’ petition for review. DWR’s activities weren’t limited to the relicensing. See, County of Butte v. 5th 708 ( Butte II ).

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CEQ Recommends Carbon Capture Policy Fixes to Congress for the Path Ahead

Arnold Porter

Streamline NEPA Review : CCS projects (including infrastructure) that entail federal approval or funding will require review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). For a massive build-out of carbon capture capacity to be achieved in an efficient manner, streamlining the NEPA process will be key.

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Rethinking the Willow Project: Did BLM Have Other Options?

Law Columbia

million acres between 1999 and 2019. The land covered by ConocoPhillips’ NPR-A leases falls into the second category. The court held that the environmental review conducted by BLM did not meet the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). million acres of land in the NPR-A, in December 1981.

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The New Environmental Rights Amendment to the New York Constitution

E2 Law Blog

64 MAP 2019 (Pa. Unlike Pennsylvania, however, New York has a “little NEPA,” the State Environmental Quality Review Act , often referred to as SEQRA. There is a greater potential, however, that courts could nullify any attempt by the legislature to exempt specific projects or categories of governmental action from environmental review.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. Circuit Said EPA Endangered Species Determinations for 2019 Renewable Fuel Rule Were Arbitrary and Capricious. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2019 rule setting renewable fuel volumes in the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard Program.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The First Circuit found that the plaintiffs did not show a likelihood of success on the merits of any of their claims under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including their claim that the U.S. In the lawsuit challenging President Trump’s 2019 issuance of a presidential permit for the U.S.-Canada Trump , No. May 28, 2021).

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Federal Court Allowed NEPA Claim to Proceed Against USDA Hog Slaughter Rule. Virginia Federal Court Said Challenge to NEPA Regulations Was Not Justiciable. Utah Federal Court Said Suspension of Oil and Gas Leases Was Not Subject to NEPA. Rocky Mountain Wild v. Bernhardt , Nos. 21-4019, 21-4020 (10th Cir. June 11, 2021).

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