October 28, 2019Austin W. ManningMGKF Litigation Blog Last week the Supreme Court of Montana held that there is no implied private right of action for judicial enforcement under the Montana Water Use Act (Act). In Lyman Creek, LLC v. City of Bozeman, DA 19-0112 (Mont. 2019), the Court determined that the […]
Ameren Missouri court partially stays relief October 27, 2019 | Eric L. Hiser On October 22, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri partially stayed its remedy decision in United States v. Ameren Missouri pending Ameren’s appeal. Ameren had requested that the report stay its entire remedy […]
Biobased and Renewable Products Update October 24, 2019 Federal House Committee Approves Sustainable Chemistry Research And Development Act On October 17, 2019, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology unanimously approved the Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act (H.R. 2051), a companion bill to legislation introduced in the […]
Biobased and Renewable Products Update October 17, 2019 Federal EPA OIG Will Audit EPA’s Safer Choice Program On September 23, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced that it plans to begin fieldwork on EPA’s Safer Choice program. According to OIG, its objectives […]
October 16, 2019 Ninth Circuit Finds Agency’s Change in Approach to Analyzing Instream Dams’ Impacts on Threatened Species to Be Arbitrary and Capricious On October 3, 2019, the Ninth Circuit ruled on an appeal brought by Friends of the River (FOR), who sought review of the U.S. District Court for […]