Several federal agencies have released modified National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations.
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NY DEC Proposes Environmental Justice-Focused Amendments to SEQRA and UPA—Potential Impacts on Project Permitting
On Jan. 29, 2025, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) proposed amendments to its State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) (6 NYCRR Part 617) and the Uniform
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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
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FAST Act Implementation Progress: An Important Tool for Expediting Energy Projects for the Incoming Trump Administration?
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
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Federal Court Rejects Citizen Suit to Force Stormwater Permitting Program
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.
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Supreme Court Allows Immediate Challenges to Army Corps’ Clean Water Act Determinations
On May 31, 2016, in a unanimous ruling, the United States Supreme Court held that the Army Corps’ determination as to whether “protected waters,” subject to Clean Water Act regulations,
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Massachusetts Takes Important Step Towards Clean Water Act Permitting Delegation
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has filed legislation that moves Massachusetts one step closer to a long-desired goal: authorization to administer the Clean Water Act NPDES permitting program. Currently, Massachusetts is
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FutureGen Receives EPA Permits for Underground Injection
On August 29, 2014, EPA issued the first Class VI underground injection control permits to FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc., of Jacksonville, Illinois. Four permits were issued for injection wells for
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