June 23, 2016 | Category:
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Waters Of The U.S.State Water Resources Control Board: New Regulations and Permit Requirements for Wetlands and Waters of the State On June 17, 2016, the State Water Resources Control Board (“State Water Board”) proposed a regulatory and permitting framework for wetlands not otherwise covered by the federal Clean Water Act. The State Water Board had previously recognized that […]
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oil and gasFeds Issue First-Ever Technical Guidance For Environmental Justice On June 7th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a technical guidance document Tuesday covering how to incorporate environmental justice principles when evaluating development projects. (Press Release HERE.) According to the EPA, the Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Actions outlines approaches and methods to […]
May 17, 2016 | Category:
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Waters Of The U.S.Mitchell Chadwick Helps Win Approval of Largest Mitigation Bank in California Mitchell Chadwick LLP, working with Land Veritas, owner of the Petersen Ranch Mitigation Bank and WRA, Inc. are pleased to announce that the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the California Department of […]
April 13, 2016 | Category:
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speciesCalifornia Court of Appeal Decision Leaves Room for Mitigation Bank as a “Highest and Best Use” for Eminent Domain Purposes In County of Santa Barbara v. Double H Properties, LLC, the Court of Appeal for the Second District considered whether the trial court properly excluded evidence indicating that a condemned piece of property was worth […]
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mitchell chadwick llpFederal Government Hopes to End Idaho’s Challenge to Sage Grouse Plan The U.S. government recently asked a federal judge to toss Idaho’s challenge to the Department of Interior’s (“DOI”) measures designed to protect the habitat and support the population of the greater sage grouse. Idaho has filed suit challenging the DOI’s land-use plan amendments, final […]
January 23, 2016 | Category:
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oil and gasEnvironmentalists Push for Moratorium on Oil and Gas Leasing The Obama administration stopped the leasing of federally owned coal mining companies on January 15, pending the completion of a programmatic environmental impact statement analyzing how the decision making process factors in environmental and public health concerns. On Wednesday, WildEarth Guardians, an anti-coal activist group part […]
January 14, 2016 | Category:
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speciesNewhall Land and Farming Company Petitions California Supreme Court to Reconsider Newhall Decision The Newhall Land and Farming Company has petitioned the California Supreme Court to reconsider its November 30, 2015 decision blocking a mixed-use residential project in Los Angeles County. Newhall argues that the Court’s decision was based on incorrect legal reasoning and a […]
Modoc Sucker Removed from Endangered List After nearly thirty years of recovery efforts, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) announced the removal of the Modoc sucker from protection under the Endangered Species Act on December 7, 2015. A small fish native to the Upper Pit River Watershed in southern Oregon and northeastern […]
November 12, 2015 | Category:
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WaterFish Before People: Environmentalists sue over Sacramento River and Shasta Dam A cadre of environmental groups filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Interior Department for allegedly mismanaging California’s water supplies to the detriment of salmon. The Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups argue that the Bureau of Reclamation has violated the Endangered Species Act […]
September 23, 2015 | Category:
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speciesNo ESA Listing For Greater Sage-Grouse The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said today that the greater sage grouse does not require protection under the Endangered Species Act. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said that thanks to an “unprecedented” conservation effort by “dozens of partners” across the 11-state range of the sage grouse, a listing of threatened or […]
