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Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Clean Water Act US Army Corps of Engineers

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U.S. Geological Survey Streamgaging Networks: 89 Organizations/Coalition Letter to United States Congress Supporting...

Eighty-nine organizations (collectively “Coalition”)two sent letters, respectively, to United States Senators Merkley and Murkowski, and Congresswoman Pingree and Congressman Joyce urging their support to enable the U.S....more

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Court Holds That CEQA Does Not Limit Agencies’ Authority to Impose Mitigation Pursuant to Other Laws

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The First District Court of Appeal ruled that CEQA does not constrain an agency’s authority to administer and enforce any other laws, including those authorizing imposition of mitigation requirements. Thus, even after an EIR...more

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Proposed Methanol Manufacturing/Shipping Terminal (Kalama, Washington): Sierra Club Files National Environmental Policy Act...

The Sierra Club and several other organizations (collectively “Sierra Club”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington...more

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Hot Springs Bypass Project (Arkansas): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Little Rock District) Public Notices Arkansas Department of...

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Little Rock District) (“Corps”) issued an August 22nd Public Notice (“Notice”) referencing a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit application that had been submitted by the Arkansas...more

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Memphis Metropolitan Stormwater Management Project: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers August 9th Public Notices Intent to Prepare a...

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Memphis District) (“Corps”) published an August 9th Federal Register Notice stating its intent to prepare a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement...more

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Corps of Engineers to Prepare EIS for Permit to Construct Power Lines Over Historic James River

On March 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decided National Parks Conservation Assoc. v. Todd T. Simonite, Lieutenant General, et al. The case involves an application to the U.S. Army Corps of...more

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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Challenges to Newhall Ranch EIS and Section 404 Permit

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In the latest decision in the long-running legal saga over the proposed Newhall Ranch development in Los Angeles County, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the Army Corps of Engineers’ EIS and Section 404...more

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Trump’s Infrastructure Plan — Environmental Reviews, They Are a-Changin’

President Trump’s infrastructure plan includes a number of important proposals. My initial reaction is consistent with my view of many of the President’s initiatives – he gives regulatory reform a bad name. We do need to...more

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Proposed Bayou Bridge Pipeline/Louisiana: Environmental Organizations File Federal District Court Challenge to U.S. Corps of...

A number of environmental organizations filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”)in the United States District Court for Middle District of Louisiana challenging certain federal permits and...more

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Monetizing Vacant Land Through Mitigation Banking

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A mitigation bank is a wetland, stream, or other habitat area that has been restored, established, enhanced, or (in certain circumstances) preserved for the purpose of providing compensation for unavoidable impacts to such...more

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California Environmental Law and Policy Update - October 2014 #4

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Environmental and Policy Focus - Groups sue EPA over failure to reduce air pollution: KPCC - Oct 17: Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco against the U.S. Environmental...more

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