The United States Supreme Court has issued a significant ruling in the case of San Francisco v. EPA, directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to retool its wastewater permitting process under the Clean Water Act....more
As previously described in a Jan. 12, 2024 legal alert and a July 12, 2024 legal alert, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) promulgated amendments to freshwater wetlands regulations, changing 6...more
1/6/2025
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Permits ,
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Urban Planning & Development ,
Wetlands
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a Final Rule banning two chemicals used in automobile, dry-cleaning and manufacturing that are known to have properties that risk causing cancer and harm to...more
Public hearing dates have been set to discuss the January 1, 2025, rule changes affecting freshwater wetlands jurisdiction and classification in New York.
The hearings will be held virtually on WebEx at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00...more
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, and a companion case entitled Relentless, Inc. v. Raimondo, that upended a 40-year-old paradigm of judicial review of federal...more
7/2/2024
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Chevron Deference ,
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Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation