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Auto Dismantler Exemption/Solid Waste Permitting: Supreme Court of Oregon Addresses Applicability to Scrap Metal Recycling

The Supreme Court of Oregon (“S.Ct.”) addressed in a December 7th Opinion an issue involving the “Auto Dismantler Exemption” (“Exemption”) to the State of Oregon’s solid waste permitting program. See PNW Metal Recycling, Inc....more

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Supreme Court Considers Whether to Expand Constitutional Takings to Legislative Development Fees

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When George Sheetz planned to build an 1800-square-foot manufactured home on his California property, he could hardly have thought his routine permit request would end up at the U.S. Supreme Court. But when the County of El...more

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94th Arkansas General Assembly/NPDES Permits: Property/Homeowner Associations Exemptions

Representatives Lanny Fite and Richard McGrew have pre-filed House Bill 1015 which would amend Arkansas Code § 8-4-203(b)(1)(C). This statutory provision provides certain exemptions from the Clean Water Act National...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - February 2020 #4

Cancelled Teck Oil Sands Project Underscores Global Climate-Energy Policy Tension - "The Frontier project became the latest casualty in oil-producing countries with robust environmental movements agitating to cut...more

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Cannabis Business CEQA Exemption Expires on July 1: Will You Have a Permit or License to Conduct Business?

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The legalization of cannabis in California has brought about a flurry of regulatory and statutory requirements to conduct business. In order to facilitate the business demand, the State postponed certain requirements, such as...more

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Court Upholds Use of Small Facilities Exemption for Microcell DAS Project

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In Aptos Residents Association v. County of Santa Cruz, the court of appeal upheld Santa Cruz County’s use of a CEQA exemption to approve a distributed antenna system (often referred to as a DAS) for the provision of cell...more

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Court of Appeal Upholds Issuance of Erosion-Control Permit as Ministerial and Exempt from CEQA

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In Sierra Club et al. v. County of Sonoma et al. (2017 WL 1422533), the California First District Court of Appeal held that the issuance of an erosion-control permit by the Agricultural Commissioner of Sonoma County...more

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Holiday Blues for Massachusetts and Rhode Island Employers

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Seyfarth Synopsis: When Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on a Sunday, as they do this year, the holidays are legally observed on the following Monday in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Employers in these states therefore...more

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Saving Private Partnerships: Court Upholds P3 Project against CEQA Challenge under Save Tara

A 2008 California Supreme Court decision, Save Tara v. City of West Hollywood, cast doubt on local governments’ ability to enter into agreements with private developers prior to completing project review under the California...more

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New Mining Code in Gabon to Give a Major Boost to Investments

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“Gabon remains unexplored” is the conclusion of the Société Equatoriale des Mines (“SEM”), a wholly-owned State company created in 2011 to facilitate the development of the country’s natural resources. Developing the mining...more

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Supreme Court Decides Reed v. Town of Gilbert

On June 18, 2015, the United States Supreme Court decided Reed v. Town of Gilbert, No. 13-502, holding that a municipal code subjecting signs to different regulations depending on whether the sign displayed an ideological...more

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EARL e-News: DHEC Publishes Updated List of Exempt Sources of Air Emmissions

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On November 22, 2013, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) published a list of source for which no construction permit is required. ...more

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Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board Amends Its Procedural Rules

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According to its statutory mandate to periodically review and revise its rules, the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board has amended Part 1130 of its rules, which govern the Board's procedural processes, now...more

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NH Supreme Court Reverses Recent Decision Regarding Restrictions On Excavation Permitting

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In a November 16, 2012 alert, we discussed the New Hampshire Supreme Court’s November 9, 2012 decision in Town of Carroll v. Rines. That decision concluded that state law preempts certain municipal restrictions on excavation...more

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Religious Institutions Update: January 2013

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In 2000, Congress enacted the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000cc et seq. (RLUIPA), in recognition that "new, small, or unfamiliar churches in particular, are frequently discriminated...more

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CEQA Year In Review 2012

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In This Issue: - Project Approvals Triggering CEQA ..Chung v City of Monterey Park (2012) 210 CA4th 394 ..Tuolumne Jobs and Small Business Alliance v Superior Court) 210 CA4th 1006 (petition for review pending,...more

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