Reopened CERCLA Liability: New Causes for Concern?
New chemicals of concern, new scientific and technical developments, newly discovered wastes, or natural disasters can add up to new CERCLA liabilities. When the Comprehensive Environmental Response...
View ArticleU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes Final Rule Delisting the...
On April 16, 2018, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule removing the black-capped vireo (BCV) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. 83 Fed. Reg. 16,228. The...
View ArticleUS Fish & Wildlife Service To Seek Dismissal of Suits Challenging MBTA Legal...
The controversy continues over the scope of the take prohibition under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). As we noted here, the Solicitor’s Office for the US Department of the Interior (DOI) issued...
View ArticleDecision Vacating DOI Valuation Rule May Impact Future Rulemakings
On April 12, 2019, the US District Court for the Northern District of California entered an order vacating the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) repeal of the 2016 Valuation Rule due to violations of...
View ArticleBLM Releases Draft Environmental Assessment for Lifting Coal Leasing Moratorium
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a draft environmental assessment (EA) evaluating the potential environmental impacts of lifting the federal coal leasing moratorium. Publication of the...
View ArticleDOI & Opponents Disagree on Remedy in Coal Leasing Moratorium Case
In the wake of the April 19 ruling by Judge Morris of the US District Court of the District of Montana that required the Department of the Interior (DOI) to conduct an environmental review on its...
View ArticleBiden Administration Makes $50 Million in Funding Available for Orphaned Well...
This article follows up on two prior articles published by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP attorneys focusing on the Department of the Interior’s (“DOI”) funding of state orphaned well programs[1] and the...
View ArticleBSEE Announces New Well Control Rule
On August 22, 2023, the Department of the Interior (“DOI”) announced that the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) has issued the final Well Control Rule for drilling, workover,...
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