Update: On September 15, 2020, the Army Corps published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register (85 FR 57298) for the reissuance and modification of its Nationwide Permits....more
Please join several Bricker & Eckler attorneys and Mike Foley, Director of Cuyahoga County's Department of Sustainability, for a discussion on the Brooklyn solar project, Ohio's first solar project to be constructed at a...more
Update June 17, 2020: On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers filed an application to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of the April 15, 2020, order (amended May 11, 2020) issued by the U.S. District Court of...more
6/18/2020
/ Article III ,
Clean Water Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Energy Projects ,
Equitable Relief ,
Injunctions ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Keystone XL Pipeline ,
Motion To Stay ,
Nationwide Permits (NWPs) ,
NEPA ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
SCOTUS ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Vacatur
Bricker attorneys Frank Merrill and Christine Rideout Schirra will be presenting 'Environmental Permitting Appeals and Pipeline Construction: Are the circuit courts the new environmental review courts?' for the Institute of...more
6/10/2020
/ Administrative Orders ,
Administrative Review ,
Appeals ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Review ,
Exclusive Jurisdiction ,
Judicial Review ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas Act ,
Oil & Gas ,
Original Jurisdiction ,
Pipelines ,
State Administrative Agencies ,
Webinars
Update May 29, 2020: On May 28, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order denying the appellants’ emergency motions for a partial stay of the district court’s April 15, 2020, and May 11, 2020,...more
Bricker & Eckler and Hull & Associates will discuss the potential impacts and outcomes of recent activities in the area of surface water permitting. Specifically, we will be addressing the court ruling in Northern Plains...more
5/19/2020
/ Clean Water Act ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Energy Projects ,
General Permit ,
Keystone XL Pipeline ,
Nationwide Permits (NWPs) ,
Navigable Waters ,
Navigable Waters Protection Rule ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Surface Water ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Vacated ,
Webinars
On April 15, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana issued an order with potentially broad-sweeping implications for energy-related projects across the country. ...more
4/21/2020
/ Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Energy & Climate Debates ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Environmental Policies ,
Keystone XL Pipeline ,
Oil & Gas ,
Real Estate Development ,
Remand ,
Urban Planning & Development ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Vacated