Environmental and Natural Resources

FERC Begins to Flex its Jurisdictional Muscles on Carbon Pricing

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Chris Colyer

By Kelly A. Daly Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) weighed-in on the important role that carbon pricing, associated with state initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, could have on the nation’s electric market. Not surprisingly, as the governmental … Continue reading →

Tagged carbon pricing, Federal Power Act, FERC

South Coast Air Quality Management District to Regulate Distribution Warehouses, Part 1

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Chris Colyer

by Sean M. Sherlock As industrial facilities go, distribution warehouses are clean, non-polluting operations. They generally do not operate industrial furnaces, boilers, compressors, pumps, tanks or other major stationary sources of air pollution. But the South Coast Air Quality Management … Continue reading →

Tagged distribution warehouses, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Warehouse Indirect Source Rule

In California the Housing Crisis Yields to Luxury Spas

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Chris Colyer

by Sean M. Sherlock A recent court of appeal opinion out of San Diego demonstrates how the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) has once again been used to impede housing development—this time to the benefit of a high-end luxury spa. … Continue reading →

Tagged CEQA, Golden Door, San Diego

The Rush is On for Jurisdictional Determinations

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Chris Colyer

by Mitchell J. Klein The EPA and the Corps of Engineers are seeing an unprecedented amount of requests for determining whether or not an activity impacts a Water of the United States and triggers Clean Water Act restrictions and permitting. … Continue reading →

Tagged Corps of Engineers, EPA, Jurisdictional Determination, Waters of the United States

Arizona Water Improvement District Sues for PFAS Damages

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Chris Colyer

by Patrick J. Paul On September 2, 2020, the DeAnza Domestic Water Improvement District of Pima County formed in 2018 to construct, operate and maintain a domestic water system to provide drinking water in Pima County Arizona, filed a complaint … Continue reading →

Tagged AFFF, aqueous film forming foam, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS

EPA Announces New Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Chris Colyer

by Patrick J. Paul Declaring that the days of a one-size-fits-all approach to environmental remediation are over, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on September 2, 2020, the creation of a new office Mountains, Deserts, and Plains (OMDP). This new … Continue reading →

Tagged abandoned mines, EPA, Office of Mountains Deserts & Plains, OMDP

AZ Supreme Court Rules Every County Gets Medical Marijuana License

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Chris Colyer

by Patrick J. Paul On August 20, 2020, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA) required the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) to issue at least one medical marijuana license in counties without a … Continue reading →

Tagged Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, community health analysis area

When Tracking the Pandemic, the Scoop May Be in the . . . Well, Sewer

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Chris Colyer

by Patrick J. Paul Traditionally, Labor Day weekend in the United States means “back-to-school.” In this pandemic year, however, many schools remain closed indefinitely to in-person learning, while others opened early with the goal of completing the semester coincident with … Continue reading →

Tagged COVID, COVID-19, pandemic, University of Arizona, wastewater based epidemiology

Trump vs. Biden: The Important Role that Climate Change, the Environment and Pollution Will Not Play in the 2020 Presidential Election

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Chris Colyer

by Raymond S. Heyman We are just weeks away from the national Presidential election. The two major party candidates, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joseph Biden, could not be farther apart philosophically than they are on the important … Continue reading →

Tagged 2020 Presidential Election, Biden, trump

Bureau of Land Management Headquarters Relocates

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Chris Colyer

by Amanda Reeve As of August 10, 2020, with the signing of Secretary’s Order 3382 by the U.S. Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt, Grand Junction, Colorado is officially the new home to the headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management … Continue reading →

Tagged BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Grand Junction

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