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Category "California Land Use Law & Policy"

The Multitude of Oversight for California’s Oroville Dam—Will this Become a Model for Dams throughout the State and in the West?

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is overseeing repairs to the Oroville Dam in [...]

New Proposed Rule and Pending Supreme Court Case Have Potential to Limit Designation of Unoccupied Areas as Critical Habitat under Federal Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and, [...]

California Court of Appeal Invalidates County’s CEQA Guidance For Greenhouse Gas Impacts

Affirming a trial court judgment, the Fourth District Court of Appeal invalidated a document adopted [...]

U.S. District Court finds District Engineers Within Army Corps Have Discretion to Approve Reductions In Mitigation Banks Size Established under the Clean Water Act

Interpreting the regulations under which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) may approve mitigation [...]