Topic
Permitting
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Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
EPA Proposes Revisions to Clarify New Source Review Permitting Process – Updating “Project Emissions Accounting”
By Andrew H. Perellis, Jeryl L. Olson, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: Consistent with guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in March 2018, the Agency has now…
Construction Law Zone
Proposed Changes to EPA’s Stormwater Permit for Construction Sites
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced its intention to modify the 2017 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Construction Stormwater Discharges (2017 CGP). EPA implements the…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
Recap of the Top Read Blog Posts in 2018
By Evan Seeman
As New Year’s approaches, let’s look back at last year’s happenings and how they have shaped religious land use issues across the nation. Here are our top 10 most read…
Energy & Environmental Law Adviser
EPA Proposes to Clarify Areas Excluded from Clean Air Act’s Definition of “Ambient Air”
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed a revised policy to clarify what constitutes “ambient air” under the Clean Air Act, which will directly affect what areas stationary sources…
Energy & Environmental Law Adviser
EPA Completes Reconsideration of “Project Aggregation” Final Action
By Andrew N. Sawula, David M. Loring, Ed Roggenkamp
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed its reconsideration of a January 2009 final action on “project aggregation.” Project aggregation is the concept that addresses when to combine…
PipelineLaw
PHMSA and FERC Commit to Permitting Process MOU
Earlier this month, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced their intention to develop a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would refine and…
The Energy Law Blog
The Coastal Zone Management Act Litigation Removed to Federal Court (Again)
By Liskow & Lewis, Jonathan J. Fox
On or about May 23, 2018, several Defendants in the Coastal Zone Management Act (“CZMA”) Litigation filed Notices of Removal in 42 lawsuits filed against 212 oil and gas companies…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Lack of Permitting Timeframes in Pennsylvania Billboard Law is Unconstitutional, But There’s An Easy Fix
In a case that we reported on earlier this year, a federal court in Pennsylvania has ruled that the failure to provide a deadline by which the government is required…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
Preliminary Steps Toward NSR Reform
By Shawn O'Brien, Peter Glaser
On February 14, 2018, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) New Source Review (“NSR”) permitting program as an initial step…
frESH
New US EPA Memorandum Suggests a Hand’s-Off Approach to NSR Applicability Determinations
On December 7, 2017, US EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a memorandum to all Regional Administrators to offer guidance regarding the Agency’s interpretation of New Source Review (NSR) preconstruction permitting…