A district court remanded without vacatur the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's final EIS and record of decision for a 2022 oil lease sale in Alaska's Cook Inlet.
The D.C. Circuit granted in part and denied in part petitions to review FERC's authorization of construction and operation of liquefied natural gas facilities in southwestern Louisiana.
The July issue of ELR features articles on net metering of rooftop solar; strengthening Superfund cleanups with land use institutional controls; and natural resource damages under CERCLA and OPA. The issue also includes a transcript from a recent webinar that discussed EPA's new particulate matter standard and how it will affect various environmental sectors.
Supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) have received a growing amount of attention in recent years, from the Donald Trump Administration banning their use in settlements, to regulation and guidance from the Joseph Biden Administration reversing the ban, to legislative proposals prohibiting them altogether. This Article examines SEPs’ legality under existing law, focusing on claims that they violate the Miscellaneous Receipts Act and the Antideficiency Act.