Weekly Cases Update Volume 51, Issue 8

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Volume 51, Issue 17

the Application of Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership, for a Certificate of Need and a Routing Permit for the Proposed Line 3 Replacement Project in Minnesota From the North Dakota Border to the Wisconsin Border
ELR 20109A20-1071, A20-1072, A20-1074, A20-1075, and A20-1077(Minn. App. Ct., )

A state appellate court upheld, 2-1, a certificate of need and routing permit granted by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission for replacement of a portion of the Line 3 oil pipeline.

Keywords:
Natural Resources (generally)
Farmworkers Ass'n of Florida v. Environmental Protection Agency
ELR 2010521-1079(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit vacated EPA's authorization of the pesticide aldicarb for use on oranges and grapefruit in Florida. EPA had moved to remand without vacatur.

Keywords:
Pesticides
Phoenix Herpetological Society v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
ELR 2010420-5161(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit affirmed summary judgment for FWS in a lawsuit concerning its denial of a nonprofit group's permit applications to export four blue iguanas to a Danish zoo and to continue a captive-bred wildlife program at its Arizona facility.

Keywords:
Endangered Species Act (ESA)