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California Environmental Law and Policy Update - April 25, 2013

by David D. Cooke, Emily L. Murray, Sandi L. Nichols | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 4/26/2013

Environmental and Policy Focus - ..Bills to create CEQA courts hinge on funding question: California lawmakers are considering legislation that would assign specialized judges to hear California Environmental...more

Earth Matters - April 2013: Recent Decision Highlights Distinction Between Compliance With Multiple Environmental Programs

by Kimberly Barnashuk, Adam Walters | Phillips Lytle LLP on 4/26/2013

A recent New York Court of Appeals decision, Bronx Committee for Toxic Free Schools v. New York City School Construction Authority, 20 N.Y.3d 148 (2012), highlighted the interplay between the compliance process for the State...more

Maryland’s Highest Court Clarifies Toxic Tort Standards and Reverses a Punitive Damage Award in Excess of $1 Billion

by Mike Williams | Sedgwick LLP on 4/2/2013

The Maryland Court of Appeals clarified certain standards for toxic tort claims, reversed a judgment in excess of $1 billion in punitive damages, vacated approximately $640,000,000 in compensatory damages, and remanded...more

Alternative Water Supply Needed In South Florida

by Howard Nelson | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 3/6/2013

As groundwater all but disappears in South Florida and the region continues to grow, creating alternative water systems is an urgent issue. A recent Department of Economic Opportunity report calls for a strategy to ensure...more

Developers Facing Environmental Woes

by Howard Nelson | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 2/26/2013

Originally published on GlobeSt.com, February 25, 2013. In January, the Department of Economic Opportunity issued a report on the state’s business climate. The report called for a statewide strategy to ensure adequate...more

Texas Agencies Announce Rules to Streamline Permitting and Ease Requirements for Oil and Gas Well Operators

by Cassie J. Dallas | BakerHostetler on 2/25/2013

In recent weeks, both the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Texas Railroad Commission (TRRC) have proposed rules that would ease requirements for operators. On February 8, 2013, the TCEQ announced that...more

Use Of Project-Specific Significance Thresholds Does Not Violate CEQA

by Marc Bruner, Julie Jones | Perkins Coie on 2/20/2013

The first published California Environmental Quality Act case of 2013, Save Cuyama Valley v. County of Santa Barbara, strongly endorsed a lead agency’s authority to use its own, project-specific significance thresholds in an...more

Editorial: We Need A Shared Vision On Developing Florida

by Howard Nelson | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 2/7/2013

Florida has a long history of wrestling with the competing interests of growth management, economic development and the protection of natural resources. As an attorney practicing land use and environmental law for the past 22...more

Supreme Court Sets Aside Land Use Plan EIR For Failure To Adequately Assess Long-Term Water Supplies Decision Clarifies Principles...

by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 2/5/2013

The California Supreme Court on February 1, 2007, issued a long-awaited decision concerning assessment of water supplies during California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) review of proposed land-use plans....more

DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Business Litigation Important Texas Water Rights Case Could Affect Oil & Gas Activities as Well by Brannon...

by King & Spalding on 1/18/2013

The Texas Supreme Court recently issued an important decision on a groundwater rights question that had gone unanswered for more than a century. In Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Day, the Court held that Texas property owners...more

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Implements New Guidance on Vapor Intrusion

by Larry Jacobs | Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A. on 1/17/2013

On January 16, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) published its new guidance on vapor intrusion, including significant changes to the groundwater vapor intrusion screening levels....more

EPA Extends Comment Period On Pavillion Groundwater Revised Report

by Cassie J. Dallas | BakerHostetler on 1/16/2013

In 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) began investigating claims of groundwater contamination in private drinking water wells in and around Pavillion, Wyoming....more

Colorado Adopts Groundwater and Setback Drilling Rules, Launches Emissions Study

by Jason Yearout | BakerHostetler on 1/11/2013

This week the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission conducted three days of public hearings on proposed revisions to its oil and gas well rules to address concerns posed by increased hydraulic fracturing activity....more

Appellate Court Upholds Santa Maria Groundwater Judgment & Physical Solution

by Henry Weinstock | Nossaman LLP on 1/8/2013

On November 21, 2012, the California Court of Appeal (Sixth District) handed down its lengthy and long-awaited ruling in the Santa Maria groundwater litigation, which commenced in 1997. Although it reverses the Judgment on...more

Recent Cases Show How CEQA’s Applicability And Substantive EIR Requirements Are Determined By Meaningful Agency Discretion

by Arthur F. Coon | Miller Starr Regalia on 1/8/2013

It is a fundamental precept of CEQA that it applies only to the discretionary approval of a project. If an agency has no discretion to deny or shape the project to address environmental concerns, CEQA review would be a...more

Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update: January 2013 - Plaintiffs Bear the Burden of Establishing Causation by Competent Expert...

by Sean Patterson | Sedgwick LLP on 1/7/2013

Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently ended 16 years of toxic tort litigation relating to fugitive hexavalent chromium (C6) exposure involving the City of Willits and...more

Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update: January 2013 - New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies Requisite Nexus for Liability Under...

by F. Paul Pittman | Sedgwick LLP on 1/7/2013

In New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection v. Dimant, 212 N.J. 153 (2012), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) must establish, by a preponderance of the...more

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California Environmental Law and Policy Update - April 25, 2013

Earth Matters - April 2013: Recent Decision Highlights Distinction Between Compliance With Multiple Environmental Programs

Maryland’s Highest Court Clarifies Toxic Tort Standards and Reverses a Punitive Damage Award in Excess of $1 Billion

Alternative Water Supply Needed In South Florida

Developers Facing Environmental Woes

Texas Agencies Announce Rules to Streamline Permitting and Ease Requirements for Oil and Gas Well Operators

Use Of Project-Specific Significance Thresholds Does Not Violate CEQA

Editorial: We Need A Shared Vision On Developing Florida

Supreme Court Sets Aside Land Use Plan EIR For Failure To Adequately Assess Long-Term Water Supplies Decision Clarifies Principles...

DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Business Litigation Important Texas Water Rights Case Could Affect Oil & Gas Activities as Well by Brannon...

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Implements New Guidance on Vapor Intrusion

EPA Extends Comment Period On Pavillion Groundwater Revised Report

Colorado Adopts Groundwater and Setback Drilling Rules, Launches Emissions Study

Appellate Court Upholds Santa Maria Groundwater Judgment & Physical Solution

Recent Cases Show How CEQA’s Applicability And Substantive EIR Requirements Are Determined By Meaningful Agency Discretion

Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update: January 2013 - Plaintiffs Bear the Burden of Establishing Causation by Competent Expert...

Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update: January 2013 - New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies Requisite Nexus for Liability Under...

ADEM Backtracks On Its Effort To Require Remediation Agreements

Oil and Gas Leasing and Development: A Real Estate Lending Perspective

CEQA Year In Review 2012

Growing Michigan - Fourth Quarter 2012

Environmental Update - Michigan Environmental News November/December 2012

Hydraulic Fracturing News Flash: December 2012 - California’s Proposal to Regulate Hydraulic Fracking

Michigan Passes Groundwater Well Dispute Statute – Again

FDEP Issues Guidance On Non-Enforcement Of Ammonia Groundwater Cleanup Target Level

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