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Transfer of NPDES Authority for Oil and Gas Discharges to Texas—The Implementation Phase

On January 15, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transferred Clean Water Act Section 402 authority to Texas.... Read More

A Win for the Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Legal Alliance recently won a notable victory for the Assateague Coastal Trust in a successful challenge to.... Read More

CHESAPEAKE RESTORATION UPDATE

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Ridgway Hall At ACOEL’s 2019 annual meeting in Williamsburg I chaired a panel on the.... Read More

Leaving on the Midnight Train to Maui (Going Back to Find a Simpler Place in Time)

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Allan Gates With apologies to Gladys Knight & the Pips: It is not unusual for.... Read More

JUST PLAIN NUTS REDUX

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Dick Stoll In my ACOEL post of June 10, 2019, I led with this: “Seth Jaffe’s.... Read More

Surprise! New WOTUS Rule Leads to Conflicting Rulings

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Rick Glick It was clear to everyone, including this humble blogger, that EPA’s new rule defining.... Read More

Return to Maui and Upstate Forever

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Patrick A. Parenteau Despite losing his bid to have the U.S. Supreme Court declare that.... Read More

EPA Finalizes New Clean Water Acts Section 401 Certification Rules- Will States Bite Back?

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Rick Glick On June 1, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency released its new rules implementing section 401.... Read More

Not So Fast! Oregon DEQ Objects to EPA’s Draft NPDES Permits for Lower Columbia River Dams

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Rick Glick On May 15, 2020, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) submitted a letter to.... Read More

Pandemic Snapshot: Injustice in Salmon Country

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Peter Van Tuyn Faced with the global pandemic, Bristol Bay’s people, tribes and communities sprung.... Read More