Weekly Cases Update Volume 41, Issue 9

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Volume 41, Issue 19

MDL-1824 Tri-State Water Rights Litigation
ELR 2021709-14657(11th Cir., )

The Eleventh Circuit held that the U.S.

Keywords:
Rivers and Harbors Act (RHA), Water allocation under federal law
Natural Resources Defense Council v. South Coast Air Quality Management District
ELR 2021809-57064(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of an environmental group's CAA claim challenging an air quality district's method for offsetting emissions increases in its new source review permit pro

Keywords:
New source review, Enforcement
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Environmental Protection Agency
ELR 2022310-1056(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit vacated an EPA guidance document addressing obligations of regions still in nonattainment of the 1997 one-hour ozone NAAQS.

Keywords:
National ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), §109
Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
ELR 2021910-00985(D.D.C., )

A district court held that EPA need not issue endangerment findings under the CAA for marine vessels and nonroad vehicles and engines, but it denied the Agency's motion to dismiss environmental g

Keywords:
Aircraft, §231, Nonroad engines and vehicles, §213
Polar Bear Endangered Species Act Listing
ELR 2022008-764(D.D.C., )

A district court, in a 116-page opinion, upheld the FWS' final rule listing the polar bear as a threatened species under the ESA.

Keywords:
Threatened species listing, Polar bear
Mildenberger v. United States
ELR 202252010-5084(Fed. Cir., )

The Federal Circuit upheld the dismissal of landowners' suit against the United States seeking c

Keywords:
Permanent physical takings

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