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Services Finalize Endangered Species Act Regulatory Revisions

Endangered Species Law

On March 27, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services) made available pre-publication versions of the agencies’ long-awaited updates to regulations implementing sections 4 and 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Fish and Wildlife Service Increases Civil Penalties for Violations of Federal Wildlife Protection Laws

Endangered Species Law

On February 2, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule increasing civil monetary penalties for violations of several federal wildlife and natural resource protection laws (Final Rule).

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Groups Petition California Fish and Game Commission to List Western Burrowing Owl

Endangered Species Law

On March 5, 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity and several other groups submitted a petition to the California Fish and Game Commission (the Commission) to list the western burrowing owl ( Athene cunicularia hypugaea ) as endangered or threatened pursuant to the California Endangered Species Act.

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CBD Lawsuit Challenges Service’s Failure to Prevent Toxic Pesticides from Harming Endangered Species

Endangered Species Law

On February 1, 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed an amended complaint (Complaint) in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) failed to timely analyze the harmful effects of six pesticides on species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and their habitats.

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Federal Court Revokes Florida’s CWA Section 404 Permitting Authority

National Law Center

On February 15, 2024, a federal court in the District of Columbia issued a ruling formally vacating the Environmental Protection Agency’s. The post Federal Court Revokes Florida’s CWA Section 404 Permitting Authority appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Dammed If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: Who gets scarce water resources from lakes in times of drought?

Acoel

The management of natural lakes is controlled by state agencies acting pursuant to state law. If a dam is built with a state-funded appropriation, the lake behind the dam will be managed according to the state law that created the dam’s construction. Environmentalists and area Tribes cheered the result.

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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

Constitution, the legislature adopts the laws under which state agencies operate, but responsibility for implementing those laws rests with executive branch agencies like DEQ. This session, the legislature amended the animal waste system permitting law, G.S. Under the N.C. The purpose of the state study is unclear.

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