A district court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment for an animal rights group in a lawsuit concerning BLM's adoption of four 10-year management plans for controlling wild horse populations in certain herd management areas. The group argued BLM exceeded its statutory authority under...
A district court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment for a conservation group in a challenge to the National Park Service's (NPS') delayed implementation of a marine reserve zone and commercial fishing phaseout in Biscayne National Park in Florida. The group argued NPS violated the A...
The Fifth Circuit denied environmental groups' petition to review DOT's approval of a license to construct and operate a large deepwater oil facility off the Texas coast. The groups argued the final EIS applied a "flawed" alternatives analysis and "grossly underestimated" the facility's environmenta...
The D.C. Circuit denied an environmental group's petitions to review FERC's decision to grant time extensions for two developers to complete natural gas pipeline projects. The group argued FERC was too permissive in finding "good cause" to grant the extensions. The court found FERC followed its reas...
The D.C. Circuit upheld EPA's 2022 decision to reinstate a prior waiver of federal preemption of two California regulations concerning automobile emissions under the CAA. States and fossil fuel groups challenged the regulations—a standard limiting greenhouse gas emissions and a requirement that a ...
The Department of Natural Resources proposed amendments to regulations governing dam and levee construction. The amendments would remove regulatory restrictions from the dam and levee safety rules and remove regulations that are duplicative with the Department of Agriculture. A hearing will be held May 16, 2024. See https://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/hearings/hearingsSearch/results/847987/348861.
The Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department proposed to adopt amendments to regulations governing the New Solar Market Development Income Tax Credit.
The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing Solid Waste Program permits. The amendments would, among other things, relocate and add permit exemptions, modify filing provisions and notification requirements, clarify professional engineer and geologist requirements, establish a general permit program, and update permit-by-notification and emergency facility permit provisions. A hearing will be held April 25, 2024. Comments are due May 3, 2024.
The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing additional solid waste facility requirements. The amendments would clarify and revise provisions concerning equipment installation, access control, design plans, construction prerequisites, operating approval, reporting obligations, waste management, closure procedures, and notifications to the Department. A hearing will be held May 1, 2024. Comments are due May 10, 2024.
The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing financial assurance. The amendments would remove outdated references, clarify definitions related to financial assurance mechanisms, revise closure cost estimation procedures, clarify requirements for financial assurance plans and updates to a facility’s closure cost estimate, add conditions for the release of financial assurance obligations, and add procedures for accessing funds guaranteed by a permittee’s financial assurance mechanism. A hearing will be held May 1, 2024.