Weekly Cases Update Volume 50, Issue 3

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Volume 50, Issue 1

ELR 200042:19-cv-0750-SI(D. Or., )

A district court vacated grazing permits renewed by former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in response to a presidential pardon of a ranching company's prior criminal convictions.

Keywords:
Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
ELR 2001116-04873 and 17-00765(E.D. Pa., )

A district court denied the U.S. Navy's motion to stay a lawsuit concerning the release of perfluorochemicals from naval facilities in eastern Pennsylvania.

Keywords:
Toxic Substances (generally)
ELR 2000818-5353(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit affirmed a district court decision that upheld President Barack Obama's 2016 proclamation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the New England coast.

Keywords:
National monuments
ELR 2000618-2213(7th Cir., )

The Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for NPS in a lawsuit concerning acceptable activities on land acquired by Wisconsin through the Federal Land to Parks Program for recreational use.

Keywords:
Public Lands, Held not required for
ELR 2001218-35982(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit affirmed judgment for environmental groups in a CWA challenge to compel EPA to develop and issue long-overdue temperature TMDLs for the Columbia and Snake Rivers.

Keywords:
Total maximum daily loads (TMDLs), §303(d)
ELR 2000217-9001L(Fed. Cl., )

The Court of Federal Claims held the U.S. government liable for the flooding of homes and businesses near two dams managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Houston during Hurricane Harvey.

Keywords:
Fifth Amendment
ELR 2000118-cv-03237-HSG(N.D. Cal., )

A district court denied EPA's request to stay a previous order requiring it to comply with its 2016 Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.

Keywords:
Federal implementation plans (FIPs), §110(c)(1)
ELR 200134:19-cv-03135-KAW(N.D. Cal., )

A district court vacated exempted fishing permits issued by NMFS that allowed two vessels to engage in commercial longline fishing in federal waters off the coast of California for two years.

Keywords:
Best scientific data, §7(a)(2), Held required for
ELR 2000317-253(D.D.C., )

A district court denied public interest groups' motion for partial summary judgment in challenging an executive order that requires federal agencies to repeal two existing rules for each new rule promulgated.

Keywords:
Harm to members

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