Weekly Cases Update Volume 42, Issue 5

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Volume 42, Issue 8

ELR 2005711-35661, -35670(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision denying an environmental group's request to enjoin the implementation of a statute, §1713 of the 2011 Appropriations Act, that orders the Secretary of the Interior to remove a portion of a distinct population of gray wolves from the prote

Keywords:
Wolves
ELR 2005811-15783(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit upheld a consent decree vacating a portion of a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regulation increasing the limit on incidental interactions between longline fishing boats and loggerhead turtles and reducing the incidental take limits back to preexisting 2004 levels.

Keywords:
Incidental taking, Wildlife (generally)
ELR 2006009-17594(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision granting summary judgment in favor of the U.S.

Keywords:
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Water allocation under federal law
ELR 200613:05-cv-01876-AC,(D. Or., )

A district court held that EPA violated the CWA when it failed to review Oregon's nonpoint source rules. The nonpoint source provisions create exemptions for many sources of pollution in Oregon's waters, including agriculture, forestry, and grazing.

Keywords:
Nonpoint source discharges, Water pollution

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