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Smith Enviorment
DECEMBER 14, 2023
This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Construction and operation of an interstate natural gas pipeline requires a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (“FERC”) under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. Forest Service, or other agency with jurisdiction over the land.
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Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Public Citizen, Inc. Connecticut ; Requested “Tutorial” on Climate Change. Trump , No. 1:17 -cv-00253 (D.D.C.
ESA
MAY 4, 2023
The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. EPA: The agency is now seeking public comment regarding its Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution. Act, which is legislation intended to reduce plastic pollution in the oceans. Register here.
Law Columbia
JUNE 8, 2021
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) did not sufficiently explain why it reversed a previous determination that the Pacific walrus qualified for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Conservation Congress v. Forest Service , 2:13-cv-00934 (E.D. May 17, 2021). Landry , No. 6:20-cv-00983 (W.D.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 4, 2021
The Biden-Harris administration had identified the 2019 interpretation as an action to be reviewed under President Biden’s Executive Order 13990 on “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.” National Audubon Society v. Haaland , No. 1:20-cv-05065 (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2021).
Law Columbia
JULY 2, 2021
The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. Those issues included the revised plan’s impact on the national grizzly bear population.
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