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Environmental Law Diary: CEQA Alert: CA Supreme Court Clarifies Duties of State Agencies in Funding Off-Site Mitigation
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Barg Coffin Lewis and Trapp, LLP. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. CEQA Alert: CA Supreme Court Clarifies Duties of State Agencies in Funding Off-Site Mitigation. On August 3, the California Supreme Court released its second CEQA decision of 2015, addressing a key issue for state agencies undertaking projects that require off-site environmental mitigation. In. City of San Diego v. Board of Trustees of the California State University. SC Case No. S199557) (“. City of San Diego. 2006) 39 Cal.4th 341 (“. The italic...
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Environmental Law Diary: July 2015
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Barg Coffin Lewis and Trapp, LLP. Monday, July 6, 2015. State Water Board Extends Storm Water Permit Deadline to Aug. 14. On Wednesday, July 1, the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) announced. The SWRCB blamed “ongoing technical difficulties” associated with users attempting to submit annual reports and permit registration documents to its online database, known as SMARTS (Storm Water Multiple Application and Report Tracking System). For more information, contact Don Sobelman. Barg C...
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Environmental Law Diary: March 2015
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Barg Coffin Lewis and Trapp, LLP. Friday, March 20, 2015. Federal Government Takes First Steps to Impose Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing on Public Lands. On March 20, 2015, the Interior Department announced. The new requirements imposed on hydraulic fracturing will augment existing BLM regulations for oil and gas operations specified at 43 C.F.R. § 3162.3-1 and Onshore Oil and Gas Orders 1, 2 and 7. Most of these requirements have been in place for at least 25 years. Key components of the Rule include:.
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Environmental Law Diary: Landowners, Developers Win Big In Wetlands Case
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Barg Coffin Lewis and Trapp, LLP. Thursday, April 16, 2015. Landowners, Developers Win Big In Wetlands Case. Building on a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Eighth Circuit ruled on April 10th. That Clean Water Act jurisdictional determinations made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can be challenged in a “pre-enforcement” context. Hawkes Co., Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Slip op. at 10, quoting. Rapanos v. United States. 547 US. 715, 721 (2006). In. Slip op. at 10. Previously, persons or b...
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Environmental Law Diary: Irrigation District Sues, Says State Board Lacks Jurisdiction to Curtail Senior Water Rights
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Barg Coffin Lewis and Trapp, LLP. Monday, June 29, 2015. Irrigation District Sues, Says State Board Lacks Jurisdiction to Curtail Senior Water Rights. The BBID website states that BBID is “ a multi-county special district serving parts of Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Joaquin Counties. The District serves a total area of 47 miles and 30,000 acres.” BBID’s service area includes the community of Mountain House, which relies exclusively on BBID for its water supply. Meanwhile, also on June 26, the State Bo...
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Environmental Law Diary: Supreme Court Overturns EPA Limits on Power Plants
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Barg Coffin Lewis and Trapp, LLP. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Supreme Court Overturns EPA Limits on Power Plants. On June 29, the United States Supreme Court nixed. The Supreme Court held that EPA abused its discretion by ignoring cost, even under the deferential standard established in. Chevron USA Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. For more information, contact. Barg Coffin Enviro Law Blog. Labels: Clean Air Act. Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Simple temp...
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Environmental Law Diary: California Water Board Finalizes New Water Quality Requirements for Industrial Facility Storm Water Discharges
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Barg Coffin Lewis and Trapp, LLP. Friday, April 4, 2014. California Water Board Finalizes New Water Quality Requirements for Industrial Facility Storm Water Discharges. As discussed previously by Barg Coffin attorneys here. The new Industrial General Permit will impose mandatory best management practices (“BMPs”), require increased sampling and monitoring, and mandate technical reports and action plans if monitoring shows that storm water discharges exceed certain pollutant concentrations. Additionally, ...
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Environmental Law Diary: February 2015
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Barg Coffin Lewis and Trapp, LLP. Thursday, February 26, 2015. Court Upholds CARB Regulations Implementing Cap and Trade Program to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Our Children’s Earth Foundation v. California Air Resources Board. Feb 25, 2015, 1st DCA Case No. A138830). The Act requires that CARB regulations adopting market-based compliance mechanisms, such as the Cap-and-Trade program, ensure that a GHG “reduction. Is in addition to. In rejecting OCEF’s argument, the Court’s decision provi...The Court...