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A New Era for Protecting Public Lands

Legal Planet

By way of quick background, our public resource laws were written with an explicit bias in favor of extractive activities. When the laws were passed almost a century ago, the goal was to put the lands to productive use as quickly as possible. If you found valuable minerals and staked a claim, it was yours. Download as PDF

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Federal Water Tap, April 25: Colorado River States, Interior Near Completion of 2022 Drought Response Plan

Circle of Blue

420 Million : Second round of funding announced by the Natural Resources Conservation Service for watershed restoration, flood prevention, and dam repairs. The Office of Management and Budget released guidelines for using American-made products in projects funded by the federal infrastructure bill. 2023 Budget Hearings.

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2023 Master Plan Brings Updates to Coastal Research and Projects

The Energy Law Blog

The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recently released its 2023 draft Coastal Master Plan , which is required by law to be updated every six years. The most recent draft is the fourth update since it was first adopted by the Louisiana Legislature in 2007 following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. [1]

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Biden’s Economic Recovery Path: How Budget Reconciliation Plays a Role in Passing $3.5 Trillion in Relief

Arnold Porter

On August 11, 2021, the Senate passed its FY 2022 budget resolution ( S. While presidents have used reconciliation to enact 22 bills since 1980, Democrats have the opportunity this year to use reconciliation twice in the same calendar year[[N: In order for Congress to pass a reconciliation bill, Congress must pass a budget resolution.

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Fish & Boat Commission Investigation Of Pollution From PA General Energy Natural Gas Development Construction Site On Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek Results In Settlement Agreement

PA Environment Daily

The September 5 incident resulted in a heavy sediment plume in the Loyalsock Creek that ran for several miles downstream impacting aquatic life and the habitat of the rare Eastern Hellbender salamander in what DEP classifies as an Exceptional Value stream, the highest stream classification category. Read more here. Read more here.

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Quarterly Report: DEP Issued 77 Notices Of Violations To Conventional Drillers, 8 To Shale Gas Drillers For Attempting To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them

PA Environment Daily

Unconventional shale gas drillers were issued 8 NOVs for attempting to abandon wells without plugging them during the same time period. ETC Northeast Pipeline was issued the most NOVs for its construction activities related to repairing the Revolution Pipeline, along with EQM Gathering lines for pipeline and compressor station violations.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

The visits came as Congressional appropriations committees are starting work on the FY 2024 budget. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. An ongoing Supreme Court case (Sackett vs. EPA) has the potential to shape the scope of this law. Not Everyone Is on Board. –

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