Update: On September 15, 2020, the Army Corps published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register (85 FR 57298) for the reissuance and modification of its Nationwide Permits....more
Please join several Bricker & Eckler attorneys and Mike Foley, Director of Cuyahoga County's Department of Sustainability, for a discussion on the Brooklyn solar project, Ohio's first solar project to be constructed at a...more
Update June 17, 2020: On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers filed an application to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of the April 15, 2020, order (amended May 11, 2020) issued by the U.S. District Court of...more
6/18/2020
/ Article III ,
Clean Water Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Energy Projects ,
Equitable Relief ,
Injunctions ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Keystone XL Pipeline ,
Motion To Stay ,
Nationwide Permits (NWPs) ,
NEPA ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
SCOTUS ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Vacatur
Bricker & Eckler and Haley & Aldrich invite you to discuss the fundamentals of developing utility scale solar projects in Ohio, as well as recent developments impacting the permitting of these projects before the Ohio Power...more
Bricker attorneys Frank Merrill and Christine Rideout Schirra will be presenting 'Environmental Permitting Appeals and Pipeline Construction: Are the circuit courts the new environmental review courts?' for the Institute of...more
6/10/2020
/ Administrative Orders ,
Administrative Review ,
Appeals ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Review ,
Exclusive Jurisdiction ,
Judicial Review ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas Act ,
Oil & Gas ,
Original Jurisdiction ,
Pipelines ,
State Administrative Agencies ,
Webinars
Update May 29, 2020: On May 28, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order denying the appellants’ emergency motions for a partial stay of the district court’s April 15, 2020, and May 11, 2020,...more
Bricker & Eckler and Hull & Associates will discuss the potential impacts and outcomes of recent activities in the area of surface water permitting. Specifically, we will be addressing the court ruling in Northern Plains...more
5/19/2020
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Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Energy Projects ,
General Permit ,
Keystone XL Pipeline ,
Nationwide Permits (NWPs) ,
Navigable Waters ,
Navigable Waters Protection Rule ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Surface Water ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Vacated ,
Webinars
On April 15, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana issued an order with potentially broad-sweeping implications for energy-related projects across the country. ...more
4/21/2020
/ Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Energy & Climate Debates ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Environmental Policies ,
Keystone XL Pipeline ,
Oil & Gas ,
Real Estate Development ,
Remand ,
Urban Planning & Development ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Vacated