The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has been trying for some time to require counties that operate municipal separate storm sewers (MS4s) to require “restoration” of impervious surfaces in
Continue Reading Storm Sewers and Impervious Cover in Maryland: An Update
On April 22 – Earth Day – President Biden announced that the United States would commit to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to 50% of the country’s 2005
Continue Reading The Biden Earth Day Climate Announcement: Not Just Clean Air Act Regulation
The Biden administration continues to make many major environmental policy actions aimed at climate change, enforcement, and several other issues. GT continues to track these changes in key areas on
Continue Reading TRANSITION THOUGHTS: How Will President Biden’s Elevation of Environmental Justice Within the EPA Affect Your Permitted Facility or Redevelopment Project?
On April 17, we posted about the federal district court for Montana vacating the Nationwide Permit (NWP) 12 and enjoining the Army Corps of Engineers’ authorization for the use of
Continue Reading Federal Judge in Montana Narrows Vacatur of Nationwide Permit 12
Part 2 of this series on the large number of environmental cases decided by the Pennsylvania appellate courts in 2018 discusses enforcement, the Oil and Gas Act, valuation, and a
Continue Reading Significant Environmental Cases in Pa. Courts During 2018 (Part 2)
Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decided Becker v. Department of Environmental Protection, No. 560 C.D. 2017 (Pa. Commw. Ct. Dec. 1, 2017), a case focused primarily on
Continue Reading Successive Owners and an Obligation to Restore a Stream
In a previous post we predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court would affirm an Eighth Circuit decision holding that a landowner can obtain immediate judicial review of a wetlands “jurisdictional
Continue Reading Further Update on Challenging Wetlands Permitting Decisions – the Latest Ruling in Hawkes
FAST Act Implementation Progress: An Important Tool for Expediting Energy Projects for the Incoming Trump Administration?
On Dec. 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, also
Continue Reading FAST Act Implementation Progress: An Important Tool for Expediting Energy Projects for the Incoming Trump Administration?
Last week, a federal district court in Rhode Island dismissed a citizen suit that sought to radically expand Clean Water Act stormwater permitting programs. In Conservation Law Found’n v. U.S.
Continue Reading Federal Court Rejects Citizen Suit to Force Stormwater Permitting Program
How to regulate stormwater discharges from impervious areas such as parking lots remains a hotly disputed environmental issue. Most recently, U.S. EPA Region 9 rejected a petition filed by environmental
Continue Reading U.S. EPA Declines to Require Permits for Stormwater Discharges from Commercial Properties