Supreme Court To Resolve Split Over CWA Jurisdiction? The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked by several of the original plaintiffs in a Clean Water Act Case, to grant the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ request to clear up a circuit split on whether the agency’s jurisdictional determinations over which water bodies are subject to […]
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OzoneStates Challenge EPA’s New Ozone Standards Arizona, Arkansas, North Dakota, Oklahoma and New Mexico’s Environment Department join the petition for review filed by Murray Energy Corp., asking the D.C. Circuit Court to block the new national ground-level ozone standards. The EPA recently lowered the national ambient air quality standards for ground-level ozone from 75 ppb […]
Enviros Discredit Themselves, Challenge Their Own Forest Restoration Project Building and reopening miles of roads in the Santa Fe National Forest for a massive restoration project designed to make the forest more resilient to wildfires and insects would cause more harm than good, according to a formal protest filed by the environmental group that helped […]
New Waters of the U.S. Rule Halted Nationwide The 6th Circuit, in a 2-1 decision filed on October 9, 2010, halted nationwide the application of the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ new definition for waters of the U.S. under the Clean Water Act. Barring further appellate review or the conclusion of […]
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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 […]
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speciesListing decision for sage grouse coming tomorrow 9/22 The United States Department of the Interior plans to announce its decision on whether the greater sage grouse warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act. The drama leading up to this decision has been one of the longest and most anticipated wildlife decisions in history due to the […]
Army Corps Handed Court Defeat Even as More States Challenge New Rule Jurisdictional Determination IS a “Final Agency Action” that can be challenged in court On Sept. 8th, the Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to review the Eight Circuit’s decision in Hawkes v. Corps. In Hawkes, a landowner sought a jurisdictional determination from […]
G. Braiden Chadwick Listed As One of Sacramento’s Top Attorneys The Sacramento Business Journal just published its “Best of the Bar” list of top attorneys for 2015, and Mitchell Chadwick’s own Braiden Chadwick was among those honored for a second time. Stating that “A good lawyer can be hard to find” the Business Journal listed […]
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WaterEnviros Threaten EPA: Tighten Drilling Regulations or Get Sued On August 26, 2015, a consortium of environmental groups led by the Environmental Integrity Project and the Natural Resources Defense Council gave the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) official notice of their intent to sue and compel the agency to update its regulations on drilling waste. The […]
EPA’s Clean Water Rule Halted By N.D. Judge The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final Clean Water Rule (also referred to as the Water of the United States Rule) was supposed to go into effect on August 28th. Under the new rule, the scope of waters protected under the Clean Waters Act, including which features […]
