Mitchell Chadwick attorney Patrick Mitchell will speak at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration’s (SME) Third Annual Conference “Current Trends in Mining Finance: Improving Profitability By Using Smart Finance and Big Data.” Patrick will deliver a talk on the “Impact of Regulation on Mine Financing: How to Assess, Quantify and Minimize Risks of the […]
Mitchell Chadwick client Troy Caldwell and Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, LLC Announce Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows Base-To-Base Gondola Mitchell Chadwick client Troy Caldwell owns White Wolf, the land located between Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows. In a long-awaited development, Mr. Caldwell has agreed to partner with Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, LLC to construct a base-to-base gondola […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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speakerMitchell Chadwick attorneys Braiden Chadwick and Chris Powell will speak at the annual 2015 Mining and Land Resources Institute in Reno Nevada. Braiden and Chris will deliver a talk on recent legislative and legal decisions affecting mineral development on public lands. The Institute is organized by The American Association of Professional Landmen and the Nevada […]
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NewsOn February 26, 2015, the Fresno County Planning Commission voted 5-1 to approve the Riverbend Sand and Gravel Project. The 619-acre sand and gravel mining project is expected to produce 1.25 million tons of aggregate annually and will help meet the Fresno area’s aggregate demands. The Riverbend project is the first mining project in Fresno […]
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mitigation bankOn March 12, 2015, the U.S. Tax Court sided with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to disallow a charitable-contribution deduction claimed by North Carolina Company, Balsam Mountain Investments, LLC. (“Balsam Mountain”) The Company had previously dedicated a perpetual conservation easement to the North American Land Trust, a nonprofit entity in 2003. Similar to many individuals, farming interests, […]
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mitchell chadwick llpCalifornia Supreme Court Clarifies the “Unusual Circumstances” Exception under CEQA Today, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley (No. S201116), and affirmed that even in Berkeley, building a single-family home does not require environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. Berkeley Hillside clarified when the “unusual […]
