The Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) has floated two straw proposals (available here) outlining conceptual frameworks to update the 2021...more
On July 20, 2024, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) decided Shoucair v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 494 Mass. 319 (2024), which clarified the standard for imposing a bond on a party who appeals the grant of...more
On June 13, 2024, the Boston Planning & Development Agency (“BPDA”) Board of Directors approved a proposed zoning text amendment regarding Net Zero Carbon (“NZC Zoning”) and authorized its submission to the Boston Zoning...more
Welcome to the Third Issue of Sullivan’s Zoning and Development Newsletter-
This newsletter is a collaboration between members of our Permitting & Land Use Practice Group and the Litigation Department, in order to provide...more
1/19/2024
/ Affordable Housing ,
Appeals ,
Building Permits ,
Construction Project ,
Judicial Proceedings ,
Land Courts ,
Land Use Restrictions ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Mechanics Lien ,
Multi-Family Development ,
Real Estate Development ,
State and Local Government ,
Urban Planning & Development ,
Zoning Laws
Sullivan's Permitting & Land Use Practice Group and Litigation Department have released the second issue of their Zoning and Development Newsletter.
The publication aims to provide our firm's clients and others interested...more
7/14/2023
/ Anti-SLAPP ,
Appeals ,
Clean Water Act ,
Conditional Use Permit ,
Easements ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Land Developers ,
Navigable Waters ,
Permits ,
Property Owners ,
Property Tax ,
Regulatory Takings ,
Sackett v EPA ,
SCOTUS ,
Site Plans ,
Solar Energy ,
State and Local Government ,
Tax Sales ,
Tyler v Hennepin County Minnesota ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands ,
Zoning Laws
Sullivan is pleased to release the first issue of its Zoning and Development Newsletter, a collaboration between members of our Permitting & Land Use Practice Group and the Litigation Department, in order to provide our...more
In a recent decision in Armstrong v. Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs (July 12, 2022), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) struck down a key part of the state’s Chapter 91 waterways regulations...more
What public companies need to know about environmental disclosures, including recent climate risk and ESG disclosure initiatives -
In fulfilling disclosure obligations under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities...more
In a bid to rehabilitate the Brownfields Tax Credit ("BTC") application and approval process, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue ("DOR") has issued final regulations (830 CMR 63.38Q.1) and new administrative procedures...more
In a busy week for environmental decisions, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on April 23, 2020 on its second major case, County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, finding a middle ground in its 6-3 decision on...more
5/4/2020
/ Appeals ,
Clean Water Act ,
Direct Discharge ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Functional Equivalent ,
Groundwater ,
Hawaii Wildlife Fund v County of Maui ,
Navigable Waters ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
Point Sources ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
Waters of the United States
Massachusetts continues to expand its response to the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19"), by taking additional steps to ease the burden on the Commonwealth’s developers, businesses, local municipalities, and residents. As the...more
As in previous postings, we discuss recent state regulatory initiatives aimed at addressing groundwater and drinking water contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS"). PFAS are a group of synthetic chemicals...more
6/12/2019
/ CERCLA ,
Comment Period ,
Contaminated Properties ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Groundwater ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Manufacturers ,
Oil & Gas ,
PFAS ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Toxic Chemicals