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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Water Transfers Rule,” which exempts water transfers from regulation under…
On January 24, 2017, President Donald Trump signed a series of Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda: …in keeping with his promise to reduce the…
On December 5, 2016, the Colorado Supreme Court reversed the Division 2 Water Court’s decision approving Busk-Ivanhoe, Inc.’s (Busk-Ivanhoe) application for a change of place…
On December 2, 2016, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) issued the final Biological Opinion (2016 BiOp) providing for federal Endangered Species Act (ESA)…
A U.S. District Court in Louisiana has ruled that it is within the discretion of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to compel states…
Conservation Law Foundation (plaintiff) sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) alleging that it failed to carry out its non-discretionary duties under the federal Clean…
The Public Records Act (Government Code § 6250 et seq. (PRA)) is frequently a feature of land use practice and litigation. Accordingly, land use practitioners…
On December 23, 2016, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released an interim update of Bulletin 118, DWR's compendium of information regarding the occurrence,…
On December 22, 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) issued a joint news release announcing the…
In December 2016, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released draft greenhouse gas emissions regulations as a result of two things. In May 2016,…
