Weekly Cases Update Volume 51, Issue 11

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Volume 51, Issue 25

Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
ELR 201713:18-cv-00437-HZ(D. Or., )

A district court granted interim injunctive relief for environmental groups in a lawsuit concerning the Army Corps of Engineers' operation of dams in the Willamette River Basin.

Keywords:
Jeopardize species/habitat
Cloud Peak Energy Inc. v. United States Department of the Interior
ELR 2017219-CV-120-SWS, 19-CV-121-SWS, and 19-CV-126-SWS(D. Wyo., )

A district court upheld in part and vacated in part a 2016 rule of the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONNR), which effectively changed how royalties owed to the federal government are calculated on oil, gas, and coal produced from federal land and offshore leases as well as coal produced fr

Keywords:
Natural Resources (generally)
Enbridge Line 3 Replacement Project in Minnesota Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Clearwater, Hubbard, Wadena, Cass, Crow Wing, Aitkin, St. Louis, and Carlton Counties Section 401 Water Quality Certification
ELR 20168A20-1513(Minn. Ct. App., )

A Minnesota appellate court affirmed the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA's) decision to issue a CWA §401 certification for the Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement project.

Keywords:
State certification, §401
Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Ass'n v. Environmental Protection Agency
ELR 2016615-1056(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit denied a challenge to EPA's 2015 rule updating the standards under which the Agency audits wood-burning heaters' compliance with CAA emissions limits.

Keywords:
Standards of performance, §111(a)
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
ELR 2017019-1042(L), 19-1044, and 19-2329(2d Cir., )

The Second Circuit denied two petitions to review EPA's final rule restricting access by customers to methylene chloride.

Keywords:
Promulgation of rules, §6(c)

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