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By Ana Schwab and Rebecca Andrews To determine if the County of Maui required a federal Clean Water Act permit, the U.S. District Court for…
By Bridget McDonald In a narrow five-to-four decision, the U.S. Supreme Court in Penneast Pipeline Co., LLC v. New Jersey has held that the Natural Gas…
By Wesley A. Miliband and Kristopher T. Strouse At its August 3, 2021 Public Meeting, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) considered…
By Allison Smith The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the lower court decision in Voight v. Coyote Creek Mining Company, LLC, holding that…
By Heraclio Pimentel and Rebecca Andrews The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that a party may seek contribution under Subsection 113(f)(3)(B) of the Comprehensive Environmental…
By Boyd Hill California’s Second District Court of Appeal in Kracke v. City of Santa Barbara affirmed the injunction against enforcement of a City of…
By James Purvis The Center for Biological Diversity brought an action challenging a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or Service) to…
By Wesley A. Miliband and Kristopher T. Strouse Recently, Marin Municipal Water District (District) has been discussing the idea of enacting a moratorium on new…
By Gabriel J. Pitassi, Derek R. Hoffman Severe Drought conditions have emerged again in California after back-to-back dry years, below‑average snowpack, and warm temperatures. Governor…
By James Purvis The California State Lands Commission prepared a supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR), as a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) responsible agency, to…
