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New Jersey Establishes Self-Certification Program for Design Professionals, Easing Building Permit Process

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On Thursday, August 22, 2024, Acting Governor Nicholas P. Scutari (D) signed into law the New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act (A4360/S3402), a Bill that requires the establishment of a design professional...more

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Duty Calls: BCCA Considers Duty of Care Owed by Structural Consultants to Building Owners

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Centurion Apartment Properties Limited Partnership v Sorenson Trilogy Ltd., 2024 BCCA 25 - The British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) recently held that structural consultants have a prima facie duty of care to the owner...more

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EPA’s Proposed NSR Rule for Project Emissions Accounting Will Mean Permitting Delays for Projects and Expansions

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Key Takeaways - What Happened? On May 3, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its proposal to revise the Clean Air Act’s (CAA) New Source Review (NSR) preconstruction permitting program...more

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Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Farmington...

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and M&S Properties, LLC (“M&S”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more

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Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (1/10/24) – New Type of Nuclear Reactor, Big Money Surrounding Sports Stadiums, and...

In our latest roundup, the commercial real estate market poses a risk to financial stability, New York City moves towards net-zero building emissions, workers at several Los Angeles area hotels tentatively agree to a new...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Construction Stormwater Permitting in Virginia

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Virginia developers take note: changes to the Virginia stormwater construction permitting program have been made over the last few years, and more changes are expected in upcoming months. While navigating those changes,...more

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Air Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Clay County Rock Crushing Plant Enter into Administrative Order on...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Liberty Aggregates, LLC, (“Liberty”) entered into a July 17th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing alleged violations of the Missouri Air Regulations....more

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Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order Addressing Tullahoma Plastics Fabrication Facility

The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a June 21st proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to JSP International LLC (“JSP”) addressing violation of a Tennessee Air...more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

State Seeks to Curb Appeals of Residential Building Permits in San Francisco

The land use entitlement process in California is notoriously complicated, lengthy, and fraught with uncertainty. Less attention is paid to the process of receiving building permits, post-entitlement. Generally, this process...more

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Air Enforcement: Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Sioux Center Ethanol Plant Enter into Administrative Consent Order...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (“IDNR”) and Siouxland Energy Cooperative (“SEC”) entered into a March 27th Administrative Consent Order (“ACO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See No. 2023-AQ-09....more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

What We're Reading, Watching, and Listening to: March 2023

A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team...more

Allen Matkins

Permittees Under the Construction General Permit and Industrial General Permit Must Take Steps Now to Ensure Compliance

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These recent civil penalties are generally much larger than what dischargers have faced in the past. Moreover, Regional Board inspectors have started taking much more aggressive positions with respect to compliance...more

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Non Reformatio in pejus y procedimientos urbanísticos en Colombia

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La Sección Primera del Consejo de Estado de Colombia, expidió el pasado 14 de julio de 2022 una sentencia, con ponencia del Consejero Hernando Sánchez Sánchez (la Sentencia), por medio de la cual se hacen importantes...more

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Virginia's Fairfax County Set to Update Site-Specific Plan Amendment Process

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All entitlements in Virginia's Fairfax County (Fairfax or the county) are evaluated for their conformance with the county's Comprehensive Plan (Comprehensive Plan). As required by state law, the Comprehensive Plan is a...more

Lerman Senter PLLC

Recent FCC Enforcement Actions

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Recent decisions by the FCC demonstrate continued enforcement against broadcast licensees who violate the FCC's rules. Below are two examples of recent enforcement actions. License Rescinded for Failure to Satisfy...more

Saul Ewing LLP

New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Opens 60-Day Comment Period for Forthcoming Warehouse Solar Regulations

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On May 2, 2022, the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (“DCA”) announced a 60-day comment period whereby interested parties may submit written comments to the DCA in response to upcoming amendments to the Uniform...more

Wiley Rein LLP

FCC Enters into Consent Decree with LPTV Licensee/Permittee for Improper “Hopping”

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On March 7, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) announced that it had entered into a Consent Decree with Lowcountry 34 Media, LLC (Lowcountry) for apparently relocating stations in a manner...more

Saul Ewing LLP

New Jersey Solar-Ready Requirement Takes Effect July 1, 2022 For Warehouse Development

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Starting on July 1, 2022, new warehouses developed in New Jersey will be required to be “solar-ready”. What You Need to Know: Requirements apply to new warehouses of at least 100,000 square feet where construction permits...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Panama (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER PANAMANIAN LAW - 1) Once you find a real estate property that you want to acquire by yourself or through a local real estate broker, it is strongly recommendable to hire a local...more

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2022 NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Construction Activities: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a January 24th Federal Register notice for its 2022 Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) general permit for stormwater...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Court of Appeals Declines to Hear 200 Amsterdam Avenue Appeal

On Sept. 9, 2021, the New York State Court of Appeals denied a motion for leave to appeal an Appellate Division ruling that had upheld approval by the Department of Buildings (DOB) and the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA)...more

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COVID Emergency Measures Aiding Florida Developers, Permit Holders End Soon

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Florida Executive Order 21-94, which extended the state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, expired on June 26, 2021. Affected developers and permit holders must act soon to take advantage of their tolling and...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

New York State Legislature Considering Bill That Would Allow Licensed Architects or Engineers to Issue Building Permits

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Due to delays resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other factors, many municipalities across Long Island are experiencing significant backlogs of processing building permit applications. ...more

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Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment-Division of Environmental Quality and Saline County...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Wise & Nelson Properties, LLC (“W&N”) entered into an April 28th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

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Appellate Courts to Malibu Homeowners: “Defy the Coastal Commission at Your Peril”

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Three months ago, the Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld a Coastal Commission fine of $1 million on homeowners who performed major reconstruction on their Malibu home without obtaining coastal permits and refused to halt...more

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