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Permitting
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Environmental Law Blog
NJDEP Proposes Rules Implementing Landmark Environmental Justice Law Which Will Change the Paradigm of Environmental Permitting in Overburdened Communities
On June 6, 2022, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) proposed its long-awaited environmental justice rule (the “Proposed Rule”). The Proposed Rule will impact permitting considerations on certain…
CEQA Chronicles
Small, Domestic Water Permit Deemed Ministerial, Exempt From CEQA
In Mission Peak Conservancy v. State Water Resources Control Bd. (2021) 72 Cal.App.5th 873, the First District Court of Appeal held that the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB) streamlined permitting…
China Law Insight
污水处理特许经营类项目
By King & Wood
富国首创水务REIT（508006）（简称“首创REIT”）提供了污水处理类特许经营项目REIT的参考范例，本文拟就其主要特点进行总结，尝试探讨影响污水处理特许经营基础设施项目现金流的一些主要问题。除另有说明，相关数据来源于首创REIT招募说明书。
Washington Energy Report
Department of Energy Issues Report on Hydropower Permitting
By Elizabeth McCormick, Chuck Sensiba
On October 21, the Department of Energy (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) issued An Examination of the Hydropower Licensing and Federal Authorization Process, in which it examined the various…
Regulatory Oversight
TTB Proposes Favorable Changes to Permit Application and Reporting Requirements for Certain Industry Members
By John West, Nick Ramos
On December 3, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) issued a proposed rulemaking aimed at modernizing and streamlining permit application and reporting requirements for distilled spirits plants…
Construction Industry Counselor
Federal Infrastructure Bill to Codify Streamlining of Federal Permitting Process in Major Infrastructure Projects
By Publisher
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which passed in the House of Representatives on Friday, November 4th and is expected to be signed into law in the coming weeks, includes…
Municipal Minute
Legislative Update: General Governance
This post contains another edition of our legislative updates from the most recent Illinois General Assembly session in Springfield. This post focuses on laws that impact general governance. P.A. 102-0024 provides…
Washington Energy Report
Denver Water Files Complaint in Federal Court, Seeking Preemption of Boulder County Regulation Due to FERC Hydroelectric Project License
By Chuck Sensiba, Elizabeth McCormick
On July 14, 2021, the City and County of Denver, Colorado, acting through its Board of Water Commissioners (“Denver Water”), filed a Complaint in the United States District Court for…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
Public Notice Need Not State That Permit Will Be Deemed Approved in Order for Permit Streamlining Act to Apply
By Kaela Shiigi
A California Court of Appeal held that the Coastal Commission and the Department of Housing and Community Development have concurrent jurisdiction over mobilehomes located in the coastal zone and that…
S&W Environmental, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Law
Corps Announces Changes to Clean Water Act Permit Program
By Chris Colyer
by Patrick J. Paul On January 13, 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced revisions to its Nationwide Permit (NWP) Program under the Clean Water Act. The final…