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Bridges v. Mt. San Jacinto Community College Dist.
Parties must exhaust administrative remedies before filing a California Environmental Quality Act action, where opportunity to seek remedies existed. 		Environmental Law 4DCA/2 Aug. 10, 2017
Orange Co. Water Dist. v. Sabic Innovative Plastics
Regulatory agency plaintiff may seek reimbursement costs under the Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account Act even if plaintiff is not jointly liable for those costs. 		Environmental Law California Courts of Appeal Aug. 7, 2017
Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Pena
Forest project opponent properly denied preliminary injunction where plaintiff failed to demonstrate ‘serious questions’ on its environmental claims under sliding scale variant of ‘Winters’ standard. 		Environmental Law 9th Aug. 2, 2017
Cleveland National Forest Foundation v. San Diego Association of Governments
Regional planning agency does not abuse discretion by declining to include analysis of plan’s consistency with greenhouse gas emission goals set forth in governor’s executive order. 		Environmental Law CASC Jul. 14, 2017
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action v. United States Dept. of the Navy
In suit challenging expansion of nuclear operating center, summary judgment in Navy’s favor upheld but ‘gag order’ vacated and remanded. 		Environmental Law 9th Jun. 28, 2017
Orange County Water District v. Alcoa Global Fasteners Inc.
In action seeking recovery of costs associated with remediating groundwater contamination, water district unsuccessful except as to one alleged polluter. 		Environmental Law Jun. 4, 2017
Orange County Water District v. MAG Aerospace Industries Inc.
Motion for judgment properly granted against water district although trial court applied wrong causation standard where error was harmless. 		Environmental Law Jun. 4, 2017
Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board
Plaintiff unsuccessful in challenging regional water quality control board's approval of fireworks permit over region's surface waters. 		Environmental Law Jun. 2, 2017
POET LLC v. State Air Resources Board
On rehearing, appellate court echoes prior holding finding Air Resources Board's purported compliance with operative writ deficient and emphasizes appropriate remedy following erroneously discharged writ. 		Environmental Law Jun. 1, 2017
Natural Resources Defense Council v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's grant of conditional registration for pesticide that uses nanosilver as active ingredient vacated because it fails to satisfy FIFRA's public-interest requirement. 		Environmental Law May 31, 2017
Association of Irritated Residents v. Dept. of Conservation (Aera Energy LLC)
Environmental groups challenging approval of new oil wells victorious in reversing judgment, where trial court errs in sustaining demurrer on grounds of res judicata. 		Environmental Law May 30, 2017
Friends of Outlet Creek v. Mendocino County
Environmental advocates may bring suit against air quality district under CEQA directly; need not employ administrative mandamus section. 		Environmental Law May 30, 2017
In re Big Thorne Project and 2008 Tongass Forest Plan
Forest Service's approval of logging project in Alaska does not violate National Forest Management Act, dealing blow to environmental groups advocating for rare indigenous wolves. 		Environmental Law May 24, 2017
Defenders of Wildlife v. Zinke
Summary judgment properly granted in federal defendants' favor in action challenging approval of right-of-way over federal land based on possible impact on desert tortoise. 		Environmental Law May 19, 2017
Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Bradford
Plaintiffs unsuccessful in challenging U.S. Forest Service's construction of 4.7 miles of new roads in Montana forest, where new roads do not violate forest plan. 		Environmental Law May 18, 2017
Friends of the College of San Mateo Gardens v. San Mateo County Community College District
In CEQA action challenging approval of facilities improvement plan, community college district's use of addendum contravenes CEQA's subsequent review provisions. 		Environmental Law May 9, 2017
Wildwest Institute v. Kurth
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 'warranted but precluded' finding over the whitebark pine, a species in danger of extinction, satisfies Endangered Species Act. 		Environmental Law May 1, 2017
Aptos Council v. County of Santa Cruz
Ordinances changing county zoning, sign, and hotel standards not project requiring single environmental impact report, as changes serve different purposes and are implemented independently. 		Environmental Law Apr. 26, 2017
Sierra Club v. County of Sonoma (Ohlson)
Requirements of Sonoma ordinance governing grading permits pertaining to specific vineyard application are objective, rendering issuance of permit 'ministerial' and exempt from CEQA review. 		Environmental Law Apr. 25, 2017
Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works v. EPA
Petition for review denied, where court lacks jurisdiction under Clean Water Act to review EPA's objection letter regarding draft permits for water reclamation plants. 		Environmental Law Apr. 13, 2017
POET LLC v. State Air Resources Board
Air Resources Board's purported compliance with operative writ falls short for use of improper NOx emissions baseline due to flawed understanding of 'project' under CEQA. 		Environmental Law Apr. 12, 2017
California Chamber of Commerce v. State Air Resources Board
Challenges to California's cap-and-trade program rejected, where implementing regulations do not exceed scope of legislative delegation and auctions do not equate to a tax. 		Environmental Law Apr. 10, 2017
State of Arizona ex rel Darwin v. EPA
Party must raise Clean Air Act federal implementation plan concerns with the EPA before bringing suit over them. 		Environmental Law Apr. 4, 2017
Banning Ranch Conservancy v. City of Newport Beach (Newport Banning Ranch LLC)
City abuses its discretion in certifying inadequate environmental impact report related to coastal development project, resulting in relief to group challenging project's approval. 		Environmental Law Mar. 31, 2017
Aptos Council v. County of Santa Cruz
Ordinances changing county zoning, sing, and hotel standards not project requiring single environmental impact report, as changes serve different purposes and are implemented independently. 		Environmental Law Mar. 31, 2017
Yazzie v. U.S.E.P.A.
Petitions seeking review of EPA's Federal Implementation Plan under Clean Air Act for coal-fired power plant denied, where EPA did not act arbitrarily and capriciously. 		Environmental Law Mar. 21, 2017
Residents Against Specific Plan 380 v. County of Riverside (Hanna Marital Trust)
Challenge to county's approval of development project unavailing, where there is no merit to claims it abused its discretion under California Environmental Quality Act. 		Environmental Law Mar. 17, 2017
Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA
In citizen suit alleging EPA failed to comply with Endangered Species Act consultation requirement regarding pesticides, dismissal reversed as to one category of sub-claims. 		Environmental Law Feb. 3, 2017
Great Basin Resource Watch v. Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management's air impacts analysis of proposed molybdenum mining project in Nevada violates National Environmental Policy Act. 		Environmental Law Dec. 28, 2016
Helping Hand Tools v. USEPA
EPA grant of PSD to project intended to burn surplus lumber for heating purposes appropriate as use of solar power or increased natural gas would 'redefine' project. 		Environmental Law Dec. 26, 2016
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