tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57682607862257129162024-02-08T12:39:27.807-05:00Environmental - Appeals Court<p><b>Environmental Decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals, all Circuits. Summaries provided by Waste Information & Management
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This Blog Named to LexisNexis' 2011 Top 50 List</b></p>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.comBlogger1070125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768260786225712916.post-30746872086123272502016-05-24T12:04:00.001-04:002016-05-24T12:04:37.440-04:00Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. Great Am. Ins. Co.<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/40581b67-0e3f-44e5-9d79-6f25475adbd5/3/doc/14-1346_2opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/40581b67-0e3f-44e5-9d79-6f25475adbd5/3/hilite/"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. Great Am. Ins. Co.</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- 5/20/16. In the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Case No. Nos. 14-1346. Fireman's Fund, Great American, and MSI underwrote insurance policies that included coverage for a dry dock that Signal owned. After the dry dock sank, Signal and Fireman's Fund sought contribution for losses and cleanup costs from Great American and MSI. The district court held that the Great American and MSI policies were void and the <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Appeals Court</st1:address></st1:Street> affirmed.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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Appeals court delays action on Obama's carbon emissions plan<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-cleanpowerplan-idUSKCN0Y729K"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">D.C. Appeals court delays action on Obama's carbon emissions plan</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><FONT color=#800000><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- </SPAN><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 1; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">5/116/16. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit<SPAN class=apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 1; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">on Monday delayed consideration of a challenge by 27 states to President Barack Obama's federal regulations to curb carbon dioxide emissions mainly from coal-fired plants, meaning a decision will not come until after the November presidential election -- it </SPAN><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 1; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">will now hear the case on Sept. 27 -- originally scheduled to hear the case on June 2.</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/17/3778827/cpp-oral-arguments-punted/"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">DC Court Delays Hearing Over Obama's Carbon Rule. Here's How It Could Actually Speed Things Up</SPAN></A> </SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- oral argument will be before the en banc court</SPAN> (9 Justices instead of 3) -- the D.C. Circuit functioning as something of a court of last resort with the Supreme Court likely to deadlock 4-4.</SPAN> [includes language of the Order]</SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="D.C. Circuit Court Expedites Legal Process for the Clean Power Plan" href="http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2016/05/dc-circuit-court-expedites-legal-process-clean-power-plan" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none">D.C. Circuit Court Expedites Legal Process for the Clean Power Plan</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="Full D.C. Circuit to Decide Legal Merits of the Clean Power Plan" href="http://www.edf.org/media/full-dc-circuit-decide-legal-merits-clean-power-plan" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none">Full D.C. Circuit to Decide Legal Merits of the Clean Power Plan</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://environmentalappealscourt.blogspot.com/2016/01/us-court-of-appeals-rules-that-clean.html"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">[Previous WIIMS Coverage] U.S. Court of Appeals Rules that Clean Power Plan Will Remain in Effect</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- State of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">West Virginia</st1:place></st1:State>, et al. v. EPA - In the U.S. Court of Appals, D.C. Circuit, Case No. 15-1363, consolidated with many others.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
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Jeff Dauphin, President
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Jeff Dauphin, President
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Jeff Dauphin, President
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Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet
Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
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Environmental Business Portal: http://ecobizport.com
BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768260786225712916.post-15586189519222679582016-04-18T12:07:00.001-04:002016-04-18T12:07:23.016-04:00Kansas, et al v. U.S. EPA <DIV><FONT face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.eenews.net/assets/2016/04/15/document_gw_02.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">Kansas, et al v. U.S. EPA</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=2> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=2>- 4/15/16. In the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, Case No.14-1268, unpublished ruling. Petitioners are two states <st1:State w:st="on">Kansas</st1:State> and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nebraska</st1:place></st1:State> and two non-profit organizations Energy Future Coalition and Urban Air Initiative, Inc. that allege the MOVES2014 model violates the Administrative Procedure Act -- in their view, MOVES2014 constitutes a legislative rule promulgated without notice and comment.<BR> The <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Appeals Court</st1:address></st1:Street> ruled, "We first address Petitioners' standing and, finding none, have no occasion to reach the merits of the case."</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet
Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
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Jeff Dauphin, President
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Jeff Dauphin, President
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Jeff Dauphin, President
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Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
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BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768260786225712916.post-26289219374863909642016-03-09T12:08:00.001-05:002016-03-09T12:08:23.838-05:00Shell Offshore Inc. v. Greenpeace, Inc.<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/03/04/15-35392.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Shell Offshore Inc. v. Greenpeace, Inc.</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- 3/4/16. In the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Case No. 15-35392. The Panel dismissed as moot an appeal from the district court's preliminary injunction against Greenpeace, Inc., concerning protests against oil exploration activities in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chukchi</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Sea</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. The panel held that the appeal was moot because the injunction had expired, and defendants Shell Offshore, Inc., and Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc., did not seek to renew it.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet
Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
E-Mail: jd@ecobizport.com
Environmental Business Portal: http://ecobizport.com
BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768260786225712916.post-73286668448891025602016-03-07T12:01:00.001-05:002016-03-07T12:01:27.524-05:00Sierra Club de Puerto Rico v. EPA<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/0/F095F84A2DD5096B85257F6C005520C3/$file/14-1138-1602338.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Sierra Club de Puerto Rico v. EPA</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- 3/4/16. In the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, Case No. 14-1138. The case involves challenges regarding lead contamination in <st1:City w:st="on">Arecibo</st1:City>, <st1:place w:st="on">Puerto Rico</st1:place>, where Intervenor-Respondent, Energy Answers Arecibo LLC, seeks to build a waste incinerator. Sierra Club, etc al do not challenge the permits, instead, they seek to vacate a 1980 EPA rule on regulation of the incinerator's lead emissions.</SPAN><BR style="WIDOWS: 1; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 1; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><FONT color=#800000> The Panel rules that Petitioners challenge comes too late and they dismiss Sierra Club's petition as time-barred under 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1).</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet
Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
E-Mail: jd@ecobizport.com
Environmental Business Portal: http://ecobizport.com
BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768260786225712916.post-27580961593650504272016-03-04T12:07:00.001-05:002016-03-04T12:07:37.039-05:00Citizens for Appropriate Rural v. Anthony Foxx<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2016/D03-03/C:15-1554:J:Bruce:aut:T:fnOp:N:1714189:S:0"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Citizens for Appropriate Rural v. Anthony Foxx</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT color=#800000><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- 3/3/16. In the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Case No. 15-1554.<SPAN class=apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 1; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">This case involves the extension of Interstate 69 (I-69) in <st1:place w:st="on">Southern Indiana</st1:place>. The extension, which will connect <st1:City w:st="on">Evansville</st1:City> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Indianapolis</st1:place></st1:City>, has evolved over several decades and is scheduled to be completed in the coming years. Plaintiffs filed a complaint on August 1, 2011, raising several challenges to the extension. The district court dismissed part of Plaintiffs' complaint when ruling on Defendants' motion to dismiss, and granted summary judgment in favor of Defendants on all other counts. The Panel affirmed.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet
Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
E-Mail: jd@ecobizport.com
Environmental Business Portal: http://ecobizport.com
BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768260786225712916.post-31839739633599182232016-03-03T11:54:00.001-05:002016-03-03T11:54:46.380-05:00Idaho Wool Growers Association v. Tom Vilsak (USDA)<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/03/02/14-35445.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Idaho Wool Growers Association v. Tom Vilsak (USDA)</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- 3/2/16. In the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Case No. 14-35445. Among other things, the panel affirmed the district court's summary judgment in favor of the United States Forest Service in an action challenging the Forest Service's decision, made in response to concerns regarding disease transmission to immunologically vulnerable bighorn sheep, to close to domestic sheep grazing approximately 70% of allotments on which grazing had been permitted in the Payette National Forest in Idaho.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet
Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
E-Mail: jd@ecobizport.com
Environmental Business Portal: http://ecobizport.com
BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768260786225712916.post-35469286878268027512016-03-03T11:53:00.001-05:002016-03-03T11:53:57.990-05:00Supreme Court Rejects State Attorneys General Attack on Life-Saving Mercury Standards<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="Supreme Court Rejects State Attorneys General Attack on Life-Saving Mercury Standards" href="http://www.edf.org/media/supreme-court-rejects-state-attorneys-general-attack-life-saving-mercury-standards" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; text-underline: none">Supreme Court Rejects State Attorneys General Attack on Life-Saving Mercury Standards</SPAN></A> </SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon">- </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Today (Mar 3), Chief Justice John Roberts denied an emergency application filed by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and allied Attorneys General to "stay" the landmark limits on toxic pollution from power plant smokestacks (MATS rule).</SPAN><SPAN class=apple-converted-space><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/content/state-ngo_mats_sct_stay_opp_final_-_3-2-16.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Opposition Petition (Mar 2) of environmental groups, states and cities opposed to the stay application</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI> <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: maroon; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/2016/02/what-supreme-court-ruling-on-mercury.html"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Previous WIMS Coverage: What a Supreme Court ruling on mercury standards will tell us</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet
Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
E-Mail: jd@ecobizport.com
Environmental Business Portal: http://ecobizport.com
BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768260786225712916.post-92066606787505650442016-03-02T11:55:00.001-05:002016-03-02T11:55:33.181-05:00Defenders of Wildlife v. Sally Jewell (Interior Department)<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/0/6D7812D352BAAFBD85257F6900563897/$file/14-5284-1601504.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Defenders of Wildlife v. Sally Jewell (Interior Department)</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- 3/1/16. In the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, Case No. 14-5284. The issue in this appeal concerns when a voluntary state conservation agreement may be considered in deciding whether or not to list a species under the Endangered Species Act. FWS's withdraw its 2010 proposal to list the dunes sagebrush lizard, whose habitat is in <st1:State w:st="on">New Mexico</st1:State> and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State> and the district court granted summary judgment to the Secretary of Interior.</SPAN><BR style="WIDOWS: 1; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 1; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><FONT color=#800000> The Panel said: "Appellants fail to show the Service did not rationally apply its policy in evaluating the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State> plan inasmuch as the Service's factual conclusions are supported by substantial evidence in the record. Accordingly, we affirm."</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet
Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
E-Mail: jd@ecobizport.com
Environmental Business Portal: http://ecobizport.com
BLOG: http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/</div>JPMcJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112613043915135162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768260786225712916.post-57499696498561335022016-03-01T12:04:00.001-05:002016-03-01T12:04:50.817-05:00Alaska Oil and Gas Association v. Jewell (Interior Dept)<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt outset; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt outset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt outset; mso-cellspacing: 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 3pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 1pt inset; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt inset; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/02/29/13-35619.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Alaska Oil and Gas Association v. Jewell (Interior Dept)</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">- 2/29/16. In the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Case No. 13-35619, consolidated with 13-35662, 13-35666, 13-35667, 13-35669. In 2009, FWS proposed to designate an area of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alaska</st1:place></st1:State>'s coast and waters as critical habitat for the polar bear. The proposal drew fire from oil and gas trade associations, several Alaska Native corporations and villages, and the State of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alaska</st1:place></st1:State> claiming the habitat designation was unjustifiably large, and FWS had failed to follow ESA procedure.</SPAN><BR style="WIDOWS: 1; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 1; FLOAT: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><FONT color=#800000> The panel reversed the district court's judgment vacating the United States Fish & Wildlife Service ("FWS") designation of critical habitat in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alaska</st1:place></st1:State> for the polar bear, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act; affirmed the district court's denial of cross-appeal claims; and remanded for entry of judgment in favor of FWS.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN style="COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV><div class="blogger-post-footer">Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. (WIMS)
Publishers of WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheet
Jeff Dauphin, President
Interlochen, MI 49643
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