by Brigit Rollins | Sep 14, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
In April 2023, the Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of Thomas and Amy Villegas against the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to challenge an agency adjudication that EPA had initiated against the Villegases for an alleged violation of the Clean...
by Brigit Rollins | Aug 30, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, WOTUS Update
On August 29, 20213, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released an updated version of its 2023 rule to define the crucial Clean Water Act (“CWA”) term “waters of the United States,” also known as WOTUS. The term is central to implementation of the CWA...
by Brigit Rollins | Aug 17, 2023 | Biofuels, Brigit Rollins, Clean Air Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Transportation
On August 7, 2023, the states of Iowa and Nebraska filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to challenge the agency’s failure to act on a 2022 petition to allow the year-round sale of high-ethanol gasoline known as E15. The petition was...
by Brigit Rollins | Aug 3, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Climate Change, Environmental Law, National Environmental Policy Act
The Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”), the federal agency responsible for administering the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), has released the draft copy of a series of proposed regulatory revisions intended to revise changes made to the NEPA...
by Brigit Rollins | Jul 20, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service
During the Trump administration, multiple environmental statutes were subject to regulatory changes, some of them for the first time in decades. While many of the changes were controversial, others were regarded as long overdue. The Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) was...
