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Jan 16, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Liz Klebaner |Paul Weiland
On January 12, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-4-25 suspending theapplication of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) andthe California Coastal Act (Coastal Act) for projects to repair,restore, demolish or replace property or facilities substantiallydamaged by fires during the State of Emergency in Los Angeles andVentura Counties.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Liz Klebaner |Paul Weiland
On January 12, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-4-25 suspending the application of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the California Coastal Act (Coastal Act) for projects to repair, restore, demolish or replace property or facilities substantially damaged by fires during the State of Emergency in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Rebecca Barho |Paul Weiland
In a sign of the times, both petitioners and respondents filed
petitions for rehearing en banc of the recent decision of a split
panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
that held that the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ)
regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) are unlawful.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Rebecca Barho |Paul Weiland
In a sign of the times, both petitioners and respondents filed petitions for rehearing en banc of the recent decision of a split panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that held that the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) are unlawful.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Rebecca Barho |Paul Weiland
On November 12, 2024, a divided (2-1) panel of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a ruling invalidating the
Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) regulations because NEPA does not grant CEQ the
authority to issue rules binding on other federal agencies.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Rebecca Barho |Paul Weiland
On November 12, 2024, a divided (2-1) panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a ruling invalidating the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations because NEPA does not grant CEQ the authority to issue rules binding on other federal agencies.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Paul Weiland
October 20, 2024, I published a post on the Center
for California Water Resources Policy and Management's
DeltaCurrents blog discussing early lessons from the Klamath Dam
Removal Project. The removal of four hydroelectric dams on the
lower Klamath River is the most ambitious dam removal effort in the
history of the United States.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Paul Weiland
On October 20, 2024, I published a post on the Center for California Water Resources Policy and Management’s DeltaCurrents blog discussing early lessons from the Klamath Dam Removal Project. The removal of four hydroelectric dams on the lower Klamath River is the most ambitious dam removal effort in the history of the United States.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Paul Weiland
On March 5, 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity and
several other groups submitted a
petition to the California Fish and Game Commission (the
Commission) to list the western burrowing owl (Athene
cunicularia hypugaea) as endangered or threatened pursuant to
the California Endangered Species Act. The petition identifies five
separate populations (or evolutionarily significant units (ESUs))
of burrowing owls and petitions to list three as endangered and two
as threatened.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Paul Weiland
On March 5, 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity and several other groups submitted a petition to the California Fish and Game Commission (the Commission) to list the western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) as endangered or threatened pursuant to the California Endangered Species Act. The petition identifies five separate populations (or evolutionarily significant units (ESUs)) of burrowing owls and petitions to list three as endangered and two as threatened.
