Weekly Cases Update Volume 48, Issue 11

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Volume 48, Issue 25

Montana Environmental Information Center v. Thomas
ELR 2015616-71933(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit denied an environmental group's petition to review EPA's approval of a Montana SIP revision.

Keywords:
Approval and revision, §110(a)
Marcellus Shale Coalition v. Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
ELR 20153573 M.D. 2016(Pa. Commw. Ct., )

A Pennsylvania state court granted in part and denied in part an industry trade group's challenge to state rules governing hydraulic fracturing near playgrounds.

Keywords:
Hydraulic Fracturing
Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
ELR 2015716-2211, 16-2212, 16-2218, and 16-2400(3d Cir., )

The Third Circuit denied review of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's decision to grant a CWA §401 certification for a natural gas pipeline project.

Keywords:
State certification, §401
Environmental Law Foundation v. State Water Resources Control Board
ELR 20154C083239(Cal. Ct. App., )

A California appellate court affirmed a trial court decision concerning application of the state's public trust doctrine to the state's extraction of groundwater in the Scott River watershed.

Keywords:
Groundwater