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News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

HB 85 – Act Relating to Public-Private Partnerships

by Mark Herron | Messer & Caparello, P.A. on 4/25/2013

In the wake of the recent recession, a number of states, including Florida, are exploring new and innovative solutions to the problem of insufficient funding for the construction and improvement of public facilities. At the...more

Amendments to the Regulations Designating Physical Activities

by Brad Gilmour, Cassia Prentice | Bennett Jones LLP on 4/18/2013

On April 12, 2013, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency released its Draft Regulations Amending the Regulations Designating Physical Activities (the Amended Regulations). According to the Regulatory Impact Analysis...more

Can New Jersey Bank On the Infrastructure Bank?

by Kimberly D. Magrini, Steve Park, Brian Walsh | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/12/2013

The Northeast relies heavily on transportation for its day-to-day functions. Increasingly unpredictable climate changes, dense population, and rapidly aging infrastructure have made the ability to secure financial resources...more

Army Corps’ New Plant List Expected to Increase Number of Wetlands, Assertions of CWA Jurisdiction

by Parker Moore on 12/12/2012

This article analyzes the potential impacts of the 2012 National Wetland Plant List, released earlier this year. The author concludes that the 2012 NWPL could effect a sea change in wetland regulation, as it classifies far...more

NY PSC Acts on Energy Highway Initiative

by Jeffrey R. Greenblatt, David T. Metcalfe | Cullen and Dykman LLP on 12/5/2012

New York’s “Energy Highway” continues to move forward. On October 22, 2012, the Energy Highway Task Force presented Governor Andrew Cuomo with its New York Energy Highway Blueprint (Blueprint), a comprehensive plan to upgrade...more

Florida Roads: Future Corridor Action Plan Gets Input From Experts Like Developers, Utilities, and Water Management Districts

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 6/27/2012

The State of Florida has not removed itself from every bit of control over land use and real estate development in the state, despite the huge deregulations of the past two years (see the little ebook in the left sidebar for...more

Supreme Court Rules Property Owners May Challenge EPA Compliance Orders

by Parker Moore on 3/23/2012

In a closely-watched case, the U.S. Supreme Court on March 21 told the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to stop “strong-arming . . . regulated parties” who wish to go directly to court to...more

McAfee & Taft RegLINC: Senate committee reauthorizes pipeline safety programs By Jared Burden

by McAfee & Taft on 7/12/2011

May 5, 2011, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee voted to pass S. 275, the Pipeline Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2011, moving the process of reauthorizing the pipeline safety program one step...more

A Technical (Yet Influential) Step Toward Building More While Driving Less: S.B. 375’s Regional Targets Advisory Committee Issues...

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/1/2009

This week the reach of A.B. 32, California’s pioneering greenhouse gas emissions reduction bill, inched one step further toward the heavily guarded terrain of California’s development and driving patterns. On Tuesday, a...more