EPA amended test procedures for heavy-duty engines and vehicles to improve accuracy and reduce testing burden, and made other technical amendments affecting the certification procedures for exhaust emission standards and related requirements.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for DOI and a Native American tribe in a lawsuit brought by a nearby tribe challenging DOI's decision that the former tribe's proposed casino on newly acquired off-reservation land would not be detrimental to the surrounding community. The plaintiff tribe ...
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Forest Service in a lawsuit concerning domestic sheep grazing in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Environmental groups argued the Service violated the National Forest Management Act, NEPA, and the APA by utilizin...
The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's partial grant of summary judgment for cattle ranchers in a challenge to the Forest Service's decision to apply 1995 riparian mitigation measures to an allotment in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. The ranchers argued that the Service's decision ...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed to repeal "The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule Part One: One National Program," in which NHTSA codified regulatory text and made additional pronouncements regarding the preemption of state and local laws related to fuel economy standards.
FAA established its policy for review of solar energy system projects on federally obligated airports.
FAA announced the availability of pilot program funding for environmental mitigation projects that will measurably reduce or mitigate aviation impacts on noise, air quality, or water quality at or within five miles of public-use airports.
A magistrate judge dismissed a lawsuit concerning ownership of a grazing allotment in the Apache National Forest. Ranchers argued the allotment was privately owned and thus relieved them of any obligation to obtain a cattle grazing permit from the Forest Service or to comply with the permit's requir...
The U.S. Forest Service proposed regulations for hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, and methods and means related to taking of wildlife for subsistence uses on public lands in Alaska during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 regulatory years.
A district court denied an Apache group's motion to preliminarily enjoin the exchange of sacred land in Tonto National Forest to two foreign mining companies for mineral exploration. The group argued the land was held in trust by the U.S. government for the Western Apaches through an 1852 treaty, an...