Weekly Cases Update Volume 45, Issue 8

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Volume 45, Issue 17

Turner v. Georgia River Network
ELR 20116S14G1780(Ga. Sup. Ct., )

Georgia's highest court held that the state's 25-foot buffer zone for development projects along state waters does not apply to wetlands.

Keywords:
Easements, Wetlands
Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. United States Forest Service
ELR 2011413-35624, -35631(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. Forest Service violated ESA §7 when it failed to reinitiate consultation after FWS designated critical habitat for the Canada lynx on National Forest land.

Keywords:
Critical habitat designation, Forest Service, Canada lynx
In re Murray Energy Corp.
ELR 2011014-1112 et al.(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit dismissed petitions for review challenging EPA's anticipated rule restricting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing power plants. On June 18, 2014, EPA proposed a rule to restrict CO2 emissions from existing coal-fired and natural gas-fired power plants.

Keywords:
Greenhouse gases, New source performance standards, §111
National Parks Conservation Ass'n v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ELR 2011112-73710, -73757(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit granted in part and denied in part petitions for review challenging EPA's federal implementation plan to reduce regional haze at two power plants in Montana.

Keywords:
Visibility protection for class I areas, §169A, Federal implementation plans (FIPs), §110(c)(1)

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