A district court granted summary judgment for a fisheries biologist in a challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' flood control operations at a California dam. The biologist argued the operations, which released water from the dam into the Russian River, violated §9 of the ESA by unlawfully "takin...
The Seventh Circuit reversed a district court's preliminary injunction prohibiting approval of a proposed land exchange in Wisconsin for construction of a high-voltage electric transmission line that would run through the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The appellate court...
The Third Circuit denied power companies' petition to review EPA's issuance of a federal implementation plan (FIP) establishing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission limits for selective catalytic reduction-equipped coal-fired electric generating units in Pennsylvania to address reasonably available control...
The D.C. Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Army Corps of Engineers and NMFS in a challenge to approval of a dredging project in Puerto Rico's San Juan Bay. Environmental groups argued the agencies failed to take the necessary "hard look" at the project's environmental effect. The district co...
NOAA approved a boundary expansion for the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Charleston, Oregon.
EPA finalized the residual risk and technology review conducted for NESHAPs for the primary copper smelting major source category.
SIP Approval: Kentucky (updates to definitions rule and certain incorporation by reference dates for the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District).
SIP Approval: Tennessee (revisions to continuous opacity monitoring system requirements).
The president issued Proclamation No. 10746 of May 2, 2024, expanding the boundaries of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.
The president issued Proclamation No. 10745 of May 2, 2024, expanding the boundaries of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.