Eastern Water Law & Policy Reporter
December 2019
Volume 14, Number 10
December 2019
FEATURE ARTICLE
251
WATER NEWS
Great Lakes Beaches are Disappearing Due to Rising Water Levels255
News from the West256
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Takes a Stance on ‘Fracking’: Finds Negligible Risk to Water Resources Posed by Hydraulic Fracturing260
Advocacy Groups Petition the National Marine Fisheries Service to Protect Chinook Salmon under the Federal Endangered Species Act261
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions264
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Fourth Circuit Affirms Prison Sentence for Knowing and Intentional Violations of the Clean Water Act267
United States v. Blankenship, Unpub., Case No. 19-4072 (4th Cir. Oct. 1, 2019).
District Court:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2017 Nationwide Permit for Commercial Shellfish Aquaculture Set Aside by the District Court268
Coalition to Protect Puget Sound Habitat v. U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 17-1209RSL (W.D. Wash. Oct. 10, 2019).
District Court Decides the EPA’s Interpretive Ruling on the Clean Water Act Deserves Chevron Deference in Addressing Groundwater Pollutants Linked to Surface Waters270
Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. Longwood Venues & Destinations, Inc., ___ F.Supp.3d ___, Case No. 18-11821-WGY (D. Mass. 2019).
District Court Grants Motion for Summary Judgement on Administrative Violation of the Clean Water Act272
The Blackstone Headwaters Coalition, Inc. v. Gallo Builders, Inc., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 4:16-cv-40053 (D. Mass. Sep. 30, 2019).
