April 9, 2015 | Category:
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Waters Of The U.S.The Environmental Protection Agency’s sweeping new rule broadening the definition of jurisdictional waters of the United States has been sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The EPA is pressing forward and will finalize the new rule despite receiving more than 900,000 comments and substantial Congressional opposition. The new definition would assert […]
April 6, 2015 | Category:
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Water LawThe California Department of Conservation (“DOC”) will file an Emergency Regulatory Action with the State Office of Administrative Law on April 9, 2015 establishing emergency rules to regulate underground oil and gas injection wells to address concerns that many of the injection wells were contaminating drinking water aquifers. The April 9th filing sets up an […]
On March 24, 2015, the Fourth Circuit ended a 13-year battle between Precon Development Corp. Inc. and the Army Corps of Engineers over a proposed housing development in Virginia. (PRECON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC. v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS) The ruling hinged on whether there was a “significant nexus” between the proposed development and […]
Arbitrary and Burdensome? BLM Issues New Fracking Rules On March 20, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a final rule regulating hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking”) in connection with all oil and gas extraction on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”). The BLM rule marks the first widespread federal regulation of […]
February 13, 2015 | Category:
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Water LawCalifornia Legislature Proposes Significant New Climate Change Bills Taking a cue from Governor Brown’s State of the State address in January 2015 that focused on climate change and other environmental issues, California Democrat lawmakers have introduced several significant bills that aspire to reduce petroleum consumption, increase the use of renewable energy sources, increase energy efficiency […]
February 11, 2015 | Category:
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Water LawThe Following Article From Mitchell Chadwick Appears In The Upcoming Issue Of The Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation’s Quarterly Report: California’s New Groundwater Legislation Until very recently, California was the only Western state without statewide regulation and management of groundwater resources. Although numerous local agencies were authorized to assume a groundwater management role within their […]
October 29, 2014 | Category:
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Water LawBig changes have already hit the construction industry in California in the form of a new Industrial Storm Water General Permit, but even more changes are looming. The California Water Resources Control Board is working on a new permitting process for protecting “waters of the state.” Braiden Chadwick will update you on the latest information […]
October 29, 2014 | Category:
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Water LawMitchell Chadwick attorneys Braiden Chadwick, Pat Mitchell and Natalie Mitchell are all speaking at the annual education conference for the California Construction and Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA) in San Diego. Braiden Chadwick’s presentation with EH&S Project Manager from Teichert, Inc.‘s EH&S Project Manager John Lane, is entitled: “Dangerous Waters: State and Federal Jurisdiction, New State Regulations and […]
