76 FR 34935
SIP PRoposal: Indiana/Kentucky (attainment of the 1997 annual fine PM NAAQS for the Louisville nonattainment area).
SIP PRoposal: Indiana/Kentucky (attainment of the 1997 annual fine PM NAAQS for the Louisville nonattainment area).
SIP Proposal: Georgia (attainment of the 1997 annual fine PM NAAQS for the Rome nonattainment area).
SIP Proposal: District of Columbia (Washington, DC, area moderate 1997 8-hour ozone nonattainment area).
SIP Proposal: New Hampshire (GHG thresholds for PSD program).
SIP Proposal: Indiana (greenhouse gas (GHG) thresholds for PSD program).
The Supreme Court of Ohio held that the territory of Lake Erie held in trust by the state of Ohio extends to the natural shoreline, which is the line at which the water usually stands when free from disturbing causes. Case law from 1878 and 1916, as well as the Fleming Act, enacted by the Ohio G...
The Supreme Court of South Carolina held that the South Carolina Solid Waste Policy and Management Act (SWPMA) does not preempt a county ordinance requiring solid waste generated within the county to be deposited at a county or county-approved landfill. A hauling company and a landfill that oper...
The Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that a farmer committed patent infringement when he planted second-generation "commodity seeds" that contained genetically altered seeds covered by a patent. The seed manufacturer restricts the use of its patented seeds to a single crop season....
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a lower court decision dismissing individuals' claims that a city violated its NPDES permit for municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s). They alleged that the city's MS4 discharges into an estuary are causing and contributing to ongoing violations of the water...
A district court, in a 279-page opinion, held that NOAA-Fisheries' 2009 biological opinion (BiOp) and reasonable and prudent alternative (RPA) addressing Central Valley Project and State Water Project impacts on Chinook salmon, steelhead, green sturgeon, and Southern Resident killer whales are a...