Sentences with phrase «federal permits issued»
The judge said in a 91 - page decision that, while the Army Corps substantially complied with the National Environmental Policy Act, federal permits issued for the pipeline violated the law in some respects, saying in a court order the Corps did not «adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental justice.»
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The issue of permitting virtual office websites (VOWs) to publicly display sold data — a property's purchase history — is still before the courts, a years - long litigation between the Toronto Real Estate Board, CREA and the federal competition bureau.
In the workplace context, federal agencies have issued guidelines stating that employees should be permitted to determine for themselves the most appropriate and safest restroom to use, and employers should refrain from requiring or deciding which restroom should be used by an employee.
He brings experience in the qualification and maintenance requirements for federal permits and license issues, compliance matters, and the resolution of cases resulting from federal investigations of the liquor and firearms industries, including cases in the trade practice and excise tax areas.
In a federal lawsuit filed March 10, Buck's Inc., based in Omaha, Neb., is asking the court to «void» DuPage county's refusal to issue a permit allow their plan to build a gas station and Bucky's convenience store to move forward.
After Stone's latest legal challenge, filed late last year, Castillo issued an injunction prohibiting the restarting of shooting in Sportsman's Park without the federal permit.
The House voted last year to approve a federal regulation that requires states to honor these permits issued by other states.
In the brief phone message, Ditullio had questioned why Miner's administration had refused to grant a building permit at COR's Inner Harbor project — a major Syracuse development that was of interest in a federal subpoena issued by Bharara's office to the Cuomo administration in April.
Scott - Childress's resolution also takes a shot at U.S. Rep. John Faso's vote in favor of federal concealed carry «reciprocity» legislation that would allow gun owners from states with lax gun laws to legally carry firearms in states like New York with much tougher standards for issuing concealed carry permits.
On Monday, Gina McCarthy, the E.P.A. assistant administrator for air issues, told state environmental officials in a letter that if Texas would not regulate carbon emissions from smokestacks, the federal government would seize control of the state's permitting program on Thursday.
Sheldon Silver, the Speaker of the Assembly, which voted last November to ban hydrofracking, also praised the compromise, and said he will work to ensure no permits are issued «anywhere in the state where there are any possible dangers identified by the federal EPA study.»
Federal officials agree that it is feasible for the final operating permit to be issued before midyear — if the Bavarians compromise.
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act by issuing a permit to Montana allowing it to open the Stillwater State Forest to timber harvests in areas that would damage grizzly territory.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a final rule amending its commercial driver's license (CDL) regulations to ease the transition of military personnel into civilian careers driving commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) by simplifying the process of obtaining a commercial learner's permit (CLP) or CDL.
The system tracks vehicle information associated with parking permits issued to federal employees and contractors.
-- If final regulations have not been issued pursuant to this section, for new construction or alterations for which a valid and appropriate State or local building permit is obtained prior to the issuance of final regulations under this section, and for which the construction or alteration authorized by such permit begins within one year of the receipt of such permit and is completed under the terms of such permit, compliance with the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards in effect at the time the building permit is issued shall suffice to satisfy the requirement that facilities be readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities as required under section 303, except that, if such final regulations have not been issued one year after the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board has issued the supplemental minimum guidelines required under section 504 (a) of this Act, compliance with such supplemental minimum guidelines shall be necessary to satisfy the requirement that facilities be readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities prior to issuance of the final regulations.
In other words, all persons, regardless of the state permit that has been issued to them, are prohibited from carrying any firearm in federal facilities.
Even after the Ministerio Publico Federal (the Federal Prosecutor Bureau) declared that no crime had been committed in any of the above - mentioned cases and issued a technical note clarifying that nudity and representations of sexuality are permitted in cultural and artistic exhibitions, the consequences continue to unfold: the state of Espirito Santo has passed a law prohibiting the exhibition of photographs, texts, drawings, paintings, films and videos containing nude scenes or references to sexual acts in public spaces; city councilors of the state of Rio Grande do Sul are currently trying to ban books in public libraries that, they argue, expose children to «permissive ideologies, [detrimental] to the formation of character.»
At the federal level, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has to issue permits to «dredge or fill materials» into waterways and wetlands and must approve any construction in or over «navigable waters.»
«Treating this pipeline facility and company differently than all other regulated projects and entities that operate in Vermont would arguably run afoul of federal pre-emption principles that explicitly bar states from regulating oil pipeline safety; potentially constitute an impermissible attempt to nullify the President's exercise of his foreign affairs power under the U.S. Constitution as reflected in the Presidential Permits issued to Portland Pipe Line and potentially impose an unconstitutional burden on foreign or interstate commerce.»
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued preliminary permits for projects in Puget Sound, San Francisco Bay, and New York's East River.
Wind There is a Wave (Toronto, ON: Dundee Securities Corporation, 18 June 2007); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Hydrokinetics — Issued and Pending Permits, electronic database, at www.ferc.gov / industries, updated 6 August 2007.
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 granted the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the authority to approve and issue siting permits for new transmission lines in areas designated by the Department of Energy as National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC).
Completion of the Federal Permitting process for Cape Wind is expected soon when U.S. Secretary Ken Salazar issues a Record of Decision on Cape Wind.
Shannon Fisk, an attorney for the National Resources Defense, which has joined EPA in the federal lawsuit against DTE over violating the New Source Review provisions when it upgraded its Unit 2, pointed out the MDNRE issued DTE's permit just 8 days after the end of the public comment period regarding greenhouse gas emissions.
Rep. Jody Hice (R - GA) asked Mr. Nedd whether BLM would have issued permits for the project if they were not aware of the federal loan guarantees.
Since 2007 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued more than 30 preliminary permits, including those for projects in Puget Sound, San Francisco Bay, and New York's East River.
«Issued Hydrokinetic Projects Preliminary Permits,» table in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, «Hydropower - Industry Activities,» at www.ferc.gov/industries/hydropower/indus-act/hydrokinetics.asp, updated 2 July 2009; Mike Hoover, Oceana Energy Company, e-mail to J. Matthew Roney, 30 June 2009.
By Samantha Wohlfeil MAY 9, 2016 11:09 AM The proposed coal terminal at Xwe» chi'eXen, also knows as Cherry Point, Wash., is dead in the water after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a landmark decision and denied a federal permit Monday, May 9.
The bill would allow farmers in the state to grow industrial hemp crops — if the federal government issues the necessary permits and waivers.
In this case, the bird study comes from the Fish and Wildlife Service of the federal government who must issue take permits for wind farms after two years of specific bird census data at the specific site and the National Academy of Sciences report in 2006 or so about obstacles to increased wind energy.
Creates an Industrial Hemp Commission; to provide for membership of such commission; to provide for the establishment of a research program in cooperation with state universities; to provide for authority of the commission to seek certain permits or waivers from the federal government; to provide the commission with authority to issue licenses to cultivate industrial hemp for research and commercial purposes; to provide for compliance with certain prerequisites for issuance of such license.
NEPA is the landmark 1969 statute requiring federal agencies to consider the environmental impacts of «any major project — federal, state, or local — that involves federal funding, work performed by the federal government, or permits issued by a federal agency.»
«The time for Catherine McKenna and Justin Trudeau and [federal Natural Resources Minister] Jim Carr to examine the science of a dilbit [diluted bitumen] spill, and the fact that they can't clean it up, was before they issued the permit to Kinder Morgan.
Finally, we'll again encourage the Senate to move on the administration's nominations to fill vacancies on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which has lacked a quorum to conduct official business on a range of issues, including the siting and permitting of natural gas pipelines.
Last week, U.S. Judge Royce Lamberth of the federal court in D.C. issued a ruling permitting the case to go forward, finding that there were valid questions as to whether Wachovia acted legally when it terminated the loan.
Reviewing the DNR's decision de novo, but with a great weight of deference to the agency, the court concluded that any other ruling «would undermine the careful federal and state balance created by the Clean Water Act and would thwart the finality of permits properly issued under the WPDES permit program.
We have previously blogged about solitary confinement in Canada and are revisiting this issue given the recent decision from the B.C. Supreme Court striking down sections of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act («CCRA») that permit prolonged and indefinite solitary confinement in federal prisons.
He has successfully represented clients in matters involving hazardous substances, air and water quality, land use, toxic torts and other environmental matters, including state and federal Superfund liability, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting and compliance issues, California's Safe Drinking Water & Toxic Enforcement Act (Proposition 65) and hazardous waste regulatory issues.
«The judge did not explain what authority permits a federal court to issue entire opinions in secret.
The suit seeks an order barring the federal government from issuing new DACA permits or renewing existing ones, as well as a declaratory judgment that DACA violates the take care clause and the Administrative Procedure Act.
At the Federal Highway Administration, Tom led a national team of more than 50 lawyers providing legal and policy counsel to the agency's leadership on a wide range of regulatory and policy issues affecting transportation infrastructure, including environmental review and permitting for transportation projects; compliance with Buy America requirements; investigation of civil rights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legisFederal Highway Administration, Tom led a national team of more than 50 lawyers providing legal and policy counsel to the agency's leadership on a wide range of regulatory and policy issues affecting transportation infrastructure, including environmental review and permitting for transportation projects; compliance with Buy America requirements; investigation of civil rights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legisfederal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legisfederal transportation legislation.
The D.C. Circuit judges said that in any case where the actual - loss calculation is too complex to permit a timely calculation of restitution, federal judges can hold additional hearings «or to decline to order restitution at all, not to issue an order unsupported by the evidence.»
As Sam Bray argues, it logically requires (or at least permits and encourages) a district court to issue a universal injunction in every constitutional challenge to federal law.
His specific areas of concentration include Superfund matters; air and water pollution control issues; compliance counseling for hazardous waste; toxic torts; land use matters; and federal, state and local permits and licenses.
In cases where an application for a sponsorship, Canadian work permit or visas, refugee claim, or federal skilled worker is denied or refused or in the case where a deportation or removal from Canada is issued, an appeal or an Application for Judicial Review can be made to reverse the decision of the immigration authorities.
Our environmental litigation practice covers every aspect of federal and state environmental law including rulemaking, permits, enforcement, hazardous substances and toxic wastes, insecticides and fungicides, superfund and natural resources damages liability, land use and contaminated property, citizen suits, and air and water issues.
The Global Projects group includes our energy projects practice (representing sponsors in the development of upstream oil and gas, LNG, pipeline, petrochemical, refinery and electric power projects, as well as in the acquisition and divestiture of interests in such projects), our project finance practice (representing both sponsors and lenders on energy and infrastructure projects), our energy regulatory practice (representing regulated entities; investors and customers / ratepayers of regulated entities, including electric generation, transmission and distribution; and LNG and natural gas production, gathering, transportation and distribution companies on U.S. federal and state regulatory and permitting issues), our real estate practice (representing developers and lenders on real estate projects, and acquisitions and divestitures of interests in such projects) and our international trade practice (representing clients in matters involving U.S. federal regulation of exports, imports, overseas investment and financial transactions).
For the past year, between the Full Federal Court and the High Court decisions, the Northern Land Council, which represents the Traditional Owners in the case, has been issuing free permits to commercial fishermen to use the inter-tidal zone.
Although there aren't federal regulations governing electronics disposal, several states, including California, Maine, and Massachusetts, don't permit any electronics, including computers, to be placed in landfills, according to Anne Reichman, director of Earth 911, a national repository of information on environmental issues.