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Livestock Grazing/National Environmental Policy Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to U.S. Forest Service Allotments

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The United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit (“9th Circuit”) addressed in a February 11th Memorandum a challenge to a United States Forest Service (“Service”) action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act...more

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Species Status Assessments under the Endangered Species Act

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On February 28, 2023, I published a post on the Center for California Water Resources Policy and Management’s DeltaCurrents blog discussing Species Status Assessments (SSAs) as a tool to facilitate implementation of the...more

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Revised Phase I ESA Standard Released by ASTM

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ASTM International released its revised standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments on November 1, 2021. The new standard (ASTM E1527-21) updates the 2013 version of the standard (ASTM E1527-13), which is widely used...more

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Fifth Circuit Upholds USFWS Approval of Liquified Natural Gas Facility

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On March 10, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a biological opinion (BiOp) and incidental take statement (ITS) issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in connection with a...more

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The Bad, the Ugly and the Good; The Trump Administration Proposes Changes to the National Environmental Policy Act

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Benjamin Franklin wrote that “an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”  Just over 200 years later, the United States passed a law that put that sentiment into practice in the context of federal government...more

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Environmental Groups’ NEPA Challenge to USDA Wolf Killing Survives

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On April 23, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that environmental groups have standing to challenge the federal government’s killing of gray wolves in Idaho without conducting additional analysis...more

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More Pipeline Development Projects: What America Needs

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National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) challenges to pipeline projects and other natural gas infrastructure have become a commonplace tool in recent years for environmental groups seeking to defeat or delay midstream...more

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