Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.

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Montrose

JULY 6, 2021

EI’s environmental expertise includes wetlands and water compliance, restoration and revegetation services, and permitting under the Clean Water Act and federal and state Endangered Species Acts.

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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

On February 15, 2024, a federal court in the District of Columbia issued a ruling formally vacating the Environmental Protection Agency’s. The post Federal Court Revokes Florida’s CWA Section 404 Permitting Authority appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) must analyze how its revised water quality standards for cadmium will affect threatened and endangered species. The post Court Rules that EPA Must Engage in ESA Consultation When Adopting Water Quality Standards appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over the past year, the environmental law arena has seen various issues and developments that have had impacts on agriculture. The post Top Environmental Law Topics from 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

JANUARY 6, 2022

Environmental law issues were at the forefront in 2021, and 2022 is shaping up to be no different. With on-going lawsuits, The post Environmental Law Topics to Watch in 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

JULY 22, 2022

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. . The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: July 22, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

JULY 21, 2022

The first half of 2022 has seen a lot of development in the area of environmental law. From lawsuits to regulatory. The post Environmental Law Highlight: Developments From the First Half of 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

OCTOBER 7, 2021

When the Biden Administration took office in January, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order requiring all federal agencies to review. The post Biden Administration Begins Review of Environmental Regulations appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for. The post The Feed: Volume 1, Issue 17 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for. The post The Feed: Volume 1, Issue 19 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for. The post The Feed: Volume 1, Issue 18 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 10, 2021

Others result from the uncertainty inherent in pending listing decisions under the Endangered Species Act, updates to the Nationwide Permitting Program under the Clean Water Act, the ever-changing definition of Waters of the United States and the Biden.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

federal laws include the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, and the Clean Water Act. Potentially applicable U.S.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 EPA – Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

However, because these stumbling blocks arose out of water quality issues that are specific to fossil fuel pipelines, they are unlikely to affect electricity transmission. Nationwide Permit 12 (“NWP 12”) is a major piece of the regulatory puzzle for oil and gas pipelines as well as transmission.

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Legal Planet

JULY 6, 2023

The Fish and Wildlife Service will need to be notified if there are risks of harm to endangered species or their habitats, which could violate section 9 of the Endangered Species Act, Other federal regulatory authority. But the Sackett majority doesn’t care about the statute’s goals.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) : Set up by the EPA to determine standards for clean water (part of the Clean Water Act). It prohibits the discharge of polluting chemicals into US waters unless a special permit is granted. 10 Key International Environmental Laws.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 30, 2023

In the previous three years, Congress had passed NEPA, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act. Continuing the legislative wave, 1973 saw the passage of the Endangered Species Act (ESA. 1973 was at the crest of the environmental surge that swept the United States half a century ago.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

For example: Ontario undermined Ontario’s Endangered Species Act protections in 2019 with Bill 108, which empowered the Minister broad and reckless exemptions to let developers destroy endangered species and their habitat, delay extending any protection at all for species that desperately need it, and even “pay to slay” endangered species.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. US law protecting endangered species hampered by poor resources, study says – The Guardian. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The decision also addressed a number of non-climate change claims under NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, CEQA, and other state law.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. The court found that there was “resounding evidence” in the record that authorized discharges may affect endangered and threatened species and critical habitat and that the U.S.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 8, 2017

It includes NEPA, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and CERCLA, to name but a few. In order to expedite the command of Executive Order 13767, former DHS Secretary John Kelly followed in August 2017 by asserting his authority under section 102(c) of IIRIRA and issued the.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In addition, the court found that BLM acted contrary to law by failing to consider a statutory directive to give “maximum protection” to surface values in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. Minnesota Court Affirmed Water Quality Certification for Line 3 Replacement Project. Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic v.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A federal judge overturns the Trump administration’s Clean Water Act definition. Bureau of Reclamation contributes $19 million for a Colorado River water conservation program. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes removing a notorious species from the threatened list. Endangered Species Act Removal.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

Clean Water Act: A memo from the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers provides guidance about how the Biden administrations will implement a 2020 Trump administration Clean Water Act rule limiting states’ ability to block infrastructure projects over water quality concerns. Justice Dept. Justice Dept.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The plaintiffs asserted Endangered Species Act claims, focusing on the federal agencies’ consideration of impacts on grizzly bears and bull trout; the plaintiffs alleged that bull trout are “particularly vulnerable” to climate change because they require cold water to spawn and rear. Seven weeks after the U.S.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2024

The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? A contrary ruling would have gutted the statute, leaving water quality largely subject to state permit authorities. Train, 420 U.S. Hill, 437 U.S.

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Environment, Law, and History

MAY 6, 2022

The central takeaway of this book is that though Democrats controlled Congress throughout these years, “all environmental laws passed from 1964 to 1976 commanded huge bipartisan support” (p.

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List Olympic Peninsula Steelhead as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act. Pacific Time, March 31, 2023.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) did not sufficiently explain why it reversed a previous determination that the Pacific walrus qualified for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Lawsuit Sought Protection for 10 Species Under Endangered Species Act. May 17, 2021).

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it designated the northern long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act. Northern Plains Resource Council v.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The federal district court for the District of Montana largely rejected challenges to federal approvals of revisions to the Flathead National Forest Land Management Plan in northwestern Montana but remanded without vacatur for additional analysis of certain issues under the Endangered Species Act. 52952-1-II (Wash.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Beaver Dams The Blueprint For Conservation - Freshwater Research Institute -- PA Capital-Star: Millions In Federal Farm Conservation Funds In Jeopardy For PA Farmers If Programs Eliminated By Congress -- TribLive: Stream Restoration Work Being Done Along Powers Run Road In Allegheny County -- Gettysburg Times: Watershed Alliance of Adams County Reports (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

2 to 8 -- 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Restore Shale Gas Pad; No Progress In Spill Cleanups [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Jan. 7 Outreach Session In Luzerne County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives -- DEP Hosts Dec. To Present Final Plan For Youghiogheny River Watershed Dec.

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