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How Trump's Infrastructure Plan Impacts the Energy Industry
As discussed throughout this series, mine permitting in the United States is a complicated process. The permitting authorities are a mix of state and federal agencies, and that mix varies depending on where the mine is...more
California has tremendous offshore wind resources and ambitious offshore power goals, but the uncertain rules and regimes for development have delayed implementation of projects. The California Energy Commission (CEC)...more
In this Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was busy this week, finalizing rules that modernize brokered deposits regulations, establish new standards for parent companies of industrial loan companies and...more
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) and Public Service Towers, Inc. (“PSTI”) entered into an August 14th Order addressing alleged violations of its Environmental Rules. See In the Matter of Public Service Towers,...more
The Center for Biological Diversity, Health Gulf, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and Rise St. James (collectively “CBD”) filed a January 15th Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against the United States...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Circuit) addressed in an October 4th opinion a mootness issue associated with National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) and National Historic Preservation Act...more
New York State has positioned itself to claim the mantle of climate leadership on a global scale. But companies are struggling to get projects approved in a regulatory system that is slowed by constrained resources and...more
An agency’s failure to maintain a historic building—“demolition by neglect”—is not a “project” subject to CEQA. Lake Norconian Club Foundation v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, No. A154917 (First...more
In a short published opinion filed September 13, 2019, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 4) affirmed the trial court’s judgment denying a historic preservation group’s mandate petition seeking to compel preparation of...more
In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down key portions of a 2018 order by the Federal Communications Commission that would have exempted certain small wireless facilities from...more
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) on Jan. 6, 2017, published a final rule reissuing its Clean Water Act Nationwide Permits (NWPs) with some modifications (88 Fed. Reg. 1860). The NWP program authorizes streamlined...more
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act - Even experienced project proponents can get caught off guard by common misunderstandings about cultural resources protection laws. One of the most misunderstood...more