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A leading law firm focusing on California environmental and land use law






A leading law firm focusing on California environmental and land use law
A leading law firm focusing on California environmental and land use law
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EPA ANNOUNCES FINAL CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION IMPROVEMENT RULE
Bridget McDonald
September 29, 2023
In another “Waters of the United States” development, the EPA published its final 2023 Clean Water Act Section 401 Quarter Quality Certification Improvement Rule on September 27, 2023. (88 Fed. Reg. 6...
EPA PUBLISHES REVISED DEFINITION OF “WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES” IN RESPONSE TO SCOTUS’ SACKETT DECISION.
Bridget McDonald
September 1, 2023
On August 29, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army (Army) issued a final rule to amend the agencies’ earlier “Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the United...
U.S. SUPREME COURT LIMITS FEDERAL PERMITTING JURISDICTION UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT, HOLDING THAT ONLY WETLANDS WITH A SURFACE CONNECTION TO INTERSTATE NAVIGABLE WATERS CONSTITUTE “WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.”
Bridget McDonald
August 23, 2023
SUMMARY AND UPDATE In a highly-anticipated decision published on May 25, 2023, the United Stated Supreme Court in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (2023) 598 U.S. __, 143 S.Ct. 1322 (No. 21-...
SECOND DISTRICT HOLDS HOUSING PROJECT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR CLASS 32 IN-FILL EXEMPTION BECAUSE OF INCONSISTENCIES WITH GENERAL PLAN POLICIES
Veronika Morrison
July 31, 2023
In United Neighborhoods for Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles (2023) 93 Cal.App.5th 1074, the court held that the City of Los Angeles failed to consider the project’s consistency with the general pla...
FIRST DISTRICT HOLDS LACK OF A LEGALLY COMPLIANT LAND USE DESIGNATION ALONE DOES NOT PRECLUDE AN AGENCY FROM DENYING A PROJECT FOR UNRELATED REASONS
Veronika Morrison
July 30, 2023
In Lafayette Bollinger Development LLC v. Town of Moraga (2023) 93 Cal.App.5th 752, the First District Court of Appeal upheld the Town of Moraga’s denial of a development application based on unrelate...
FOURTH DISTRICT UPHOLDS CITY’S APPROVAL OF AN ADDENDUM TO A PROGRAM EIR FOR A RESIDENITAL HOUSING PROJECT
Veronika Morrison
July 29, 2023
In Olen Properties Corporation v. City of Newport Beach (2023) 93 Cal.App.5th 270, the Fourth District Court of Appeal held that no new conditions existed that would trigger the need for a subsequent...
The Latest
EPA ANNOUNCES FINAL CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION IMPROVEMENT RULE
Bridget McDonald
September 29, 2023
In another “Waters of the United States” development, the EPA published its final 2023 Clean Water Act Section 401 Quarter Quality Certification Improvement Rule on September 27, 2023. (88 Fed. Reg. 6...
EPA PUBLISHES REVISED DEFINITION OF “WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES” IN RESPONSE TO SCOTUS’ SACKETT DECISION.
Bridget McDonald
September 1, 2023
On August 29, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army (Army) issued a final rule to amend the agencies’ earlier “Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the United...
U.S. SUPREME COURT LIMITS FEDERAL PERMITTING JURISDICTION UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT, HOLDING THAT ONLY WETLANDS WITH A SURFACE CONNECTION TO INTERSTATE NAVIGABLE WATERS CONSTITUTE “WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.”
Bridget McDonald
August 23, 2023
SUMMARY AND UPDATE In a highly-anticipated decision published on May 25, 2023, the United Stated Supreme Court in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (2023) 598 U.S. __, 143 S.Ct. 1322 (No. 21-...
SECOND DISTRICT HOLDS HOUSING PROJECT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR CLASS 32 IN-FILL EXEMPTION BECAUSE OF INCONSISTENCIES WITH GENERAL PLAN POLICIES
Veronika Morrison
July 31, 2023
In United Neighborhoods for Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles (2023) 93 Cal.App.5th 1074, the court held that the City of Los Angeles failed to consider the project’s consistency with the general pla...
FIRST DISTRICT HOLDS LACK OF A LEGALLY COMPLIANT LAND USE DESIGNATION ALONE DOES NOT PRECLUDE AN AGENCY FROM DENYING A PROJECT FOR UNRELATED REASONS
Veronika Morrison
July 30, 2023
In Lafayette Bollinger Development LLC v. Town of Moraga (2023) 93 Cal.App.5th 752, the First District Court of Appeal upheld the Town of Moraga’s denial of a development application based on unrelate...
FOURTH DISTRICT UPHOLDS CITY’S APPROVAL OF AN ADDENDUM TO A PROGRAM EIR FOR A RESIDENITAL HOUSING PROJECT
Veronika Morrison
July 29, 2023
In Olen Properties Corporation v. City of Newport Beach (2023) 93 Cal.App.5th 270, the Fourth District Court of Appeal held that no new conditions existed that would trigger the need for a subsequent...