Weekly Cases Update Volume 49, Issue 7

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Volume 49, Issue 13

ELR 2007418-cv-03237-HSG(N.D. Cal., )

A district court granted in part summary judgment against EPA for failure to implement its 2016 Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.

Keywords:
Clean Air Act (CAA)
ELR 2008018-1184(Iowa, )

The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling that upheld the Iowa Utilities Board's approval of a 170-turbine wind project in northwest Iowa.

Keywords:
Energy (generally)
ELR 2007818-1188(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit dismissed an environmental group's petition to review FERC's order granting a certificate to a pipeline company to construct and operate compression facilities for one of its projects.

Keywords:
Environmental effects
ELR 2007618-35258 and 18-35282(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part a district court's judgment upholding BLM's and the Interior Board of Land Appeals' decisions concerning recreation and travel management plans for motorized vehicle use in the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protect

Keywords:
Discussion of, held inadequate
ELR 2007718-2089(10th Cir., )

The Tenth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court ruling that upheld BLM's approval of oil and gas wells in the Mancos Shale area of the San Juan Basin in northeastern New Mexico.

Keywords:
Cumulative impacts
ELR 2007917-1201(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit granted in part and denied in part an environmental group's petition to review EPA's 2017 Inventory Rule that imposed new reporting requirements under TSCA for chemical manufacturers and processors.

Keywords:
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
ELR 200751203(Md. Ct. Spec. App., )

A state appellate court reversed a lower court ruling that struck down a county ordinance banning the use of certain pesticides for cosmetic purposes throughout the county.

Keywords:
Local regulation

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