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Welcome to the S&W Environmental, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Law Blog. This blog is a resource for the regulated community to stay current on new developments impacting the environmental, natural resources and energy sectors. It provides timely updates on a broad range of federal, state and local environmental topics — including proposed legislation and government rulemakings — that impact regulated industries throughout the southwest and the nation as a whole.
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- Mining Industry on the Losing End of Two Clean Water Act Cases
- New PFAS/PFOS Regulations May Reopen Sites
- EPA’s Clean Power Plan Struck Down by SCOTUS
- As Colorado River Conditions Continue to Deteriorate, the United States Warns that More Cuts will be Required and the Basin States Consider Options
- New Bureau of Land Management Guidance on Geologic Carbon Sequestration on Federal Public Lands Answers Some Questions, But Uncertainty Remains for Split-Estate Lands
Rare Rulemaking Initiated by Arizona Department of Water Resources
by Fred Breedlove The Arizona Department of Water Resources (“ADWR”) announced on September 18, 2021 that it had initiated a rulemaking for three subject areas: licensing timeframes, well construction and licensing, and dam safety. Overall, the proposed changes are mostly … Continue reading
Tagged Arizona Department of Water Resources, water
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Drought and Water Demand Continues in Spite of COVID-19 Pandemic
by Fred Breedlove The demands on government and private water providers to address the declining availability of water resources in the southwest did not get a reprieve, unfortunately, when the COVID-19 virus emerged in February. Last August, I wrote that … Continue reading
Tagged Arizona Department of Water Resources, Colorado River, coronavirus, COVID-19, water
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Pinal Active Management Area Stakeholders Address Projected Water Deficit
by L. William Staudenmaier In November 2019, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) released the results of an updated groundwater model that projects a groundwater availability deficit over the next 100 years in the Pinal Active Management Area (AMA) … Continue reading
Tagged Active Management Area, ADWR, AMA, Arizona Department of Water Resources, Pinal County, water
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Divided Arizona Supreme Court Greenlights Major Development in Southern Arizona
by L. William Staudenmaier On August 9, 2018, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a decision with potentially important implications for future residential and commercial development in Arizona. In Silver v. Pueblo Del Sol Water Company, a divided court held that the … Continue reading
As Lake Mead Dwindles, Arizona and Other Colorado River Basin States Continue to Plan for a Drier Future
by Bill Staudenmaier It has become a familiar refrain. For each of the past three years, the United States Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the major reservoirs on the Colorado River, has announced a new “record low” water elevation in … Continue reading
Tagged ADWR, Arizona Department of Water Resources, Arizona Water Banking Authority, Colorado River, Lake Mead, Lower Basin, United States Bureau of Reclamation
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