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Texas Deepwater Port Survives Legal Challenge

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In Citizens for Clean Air & Clean Water in Brazoria County et al v. United States Department of Transportation et al., several environmental groups challenged the DOT’s approval of a license for commercial construction and...more

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I-30 Widening - Reconstruction/National Environmental Policy Act: U.S. District Court (E.D. Arkansas) Addresses Cross Motions for...

United States District Court Judge James M. Moody (“Court”) addressed in a March 31st Order an allegation by Plaintiffs (seven neighborhood associations) that the expansion of I-30 interstate violated the National...more

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Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts/National Environmental Policy Act: U.S. Department of Transportation Proposed...

The United States Department of Transportation (“DOT”) published a November 23rd Federal Register Notice of a proposed rulemaking which is described as updating and codifying: . . . its internal order establishing the...more

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Department of Transportation Proposes New NEPA Procedures

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed comprehensive changes to update its procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act in response to the Council on Environmental Quality’s July 16, 2020, overhaul of...more

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I-30 Widening – Reconstruction/National Environmental Policy Act: U.S. District Court (E.D. Arkansas) Addresses Request For...

United States District Judge James M. Moody (“Court”) addressed in a September 3rd Order a July 10th Motion filed by Plaintiffs seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction (“Motion”) to prohibit commencement of: . . ....more

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NEPA Rules Rewrite: Categorical Exclusions and Environmental Assessments

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This is the third in a series of eAlerts on revisions to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2020 by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) (“Final Rule”)....more

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Oil Spill Response Plan/Clean Water Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Endangered Species Act/National Environmental Policy...

The United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (“Court”), in a June 5th opinion addressed a challenge to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s approval of an oil pipeline response plan. See National...more

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