June 26, 2020 Jill Hyman Kaplan and Austin W. Manning MGKF Special Alert On June 22, 2020, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule incorporating 172 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community […]
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Written by Michael J. O’Neill, Esq. In a clear, well-reasoned opinion deciding the case of Stevens, Trustee v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Bourne, No. 19-P-248 (June 19, 2020), the Appeals Court (Green, C.J.) held that a settlement agreement between the Town’s selectmen and a property owner resolving a Land Court action […]
June 24, 2020 Appellate Court Upholds State Water Board’s Drought Emergency Regulations and Curtailment Orders Issued for Deer Creek On June 18, 2020, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court’s determination that the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) lawfully adopted emergency regulations and curtailment […]
June 19, 2020 Major Bill on Indian Water Rights Settlements Moves to House On Monday, June 15, the U.S. House of Representatives received the newly-minted Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act, introduced in the U.S. Senate and which passed that chamber earlier this month. The current bill packages three separate […]
June 17, 2020 Aftermarket Vehicle Parts Industry: CARB Considers Updating Its 30-Year Old Procedures for Exemptions to Aftermarket Parts The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is conducting a remote public hearing on July 23, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., to consider adopting “Procedures for the Exemption of Add-On and Modified Part(s) for […]