2017 Endangered Species Act Regulations 
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements. Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register.
Law and Environment
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
It also ignored a court order from 2017 requiring EPA to prepare the required determination and redo cyantraniliprole’s registration. My friend Dan Esty has suggested what is essentially a market-based approach to environmental regulation. In fact, EPA did not only ignore the clear statutory requirement. Didn’t happen.
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Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. Murray Energy Corp. McCarthy , No.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Construction and operation of an interstate natural gas pipeline requires a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (“FERC”) under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. The Corps issued NWP 12 in 1977, and most recently reissued NWP 12 in 2017. In April of this year, the U.S.
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 5, 2023
If the BA determines that the action is “likely” to affect a listed species, the consulting service(s) must then publish a more detailed Biological Opinion (BiOp) describing the effects of the project on listed species and the measures that the federal agency is taking to ensure the action is not likely to jeopardize affected species.
ESA
DECEMBER 20, 2021
The bill retains a provision from the House bill repealing section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. Onshore royalties would increase to a minimum of 16.75% from 12.5%.
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 20, 2017
Endangered Species Act. is “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation” according to the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case. Pulling the Teeth Out of the Endangered Species Act. Tennessee Valley Authority v.
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