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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).