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Concerned Dublin Citizens v. City of Dublin (AvalonBay Communities Inc.)
Proposed development of apartments within larger mixed-use development, for which environmental impact report had already been certified, is exempt from review. 		Environmental Law Mar. 29, 2013
Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center
Logging firms do not need permits for discharges of channeled stormwater runoff because permits are not required for temporary, outdoor logging installations. 		Environmental Law Mar. 21, 2013
Chubb Custom Insurance Co. v. Space Systems/Loral Inc.
Insurance company cannot sue third-parties regarding cleanup of hazardous substances because it was not statutorily liable for cleanup costs. 		Environmental Law Mar. 18, 2013
City of Los Angeles v. County of Kern
Kern County may not enforce ban on use of fertilizer made from recycled sewage to prevent City of Los Angeles from disposing of sludge on farms. 		Environmental Law Mar. 13, 2013
Great Old Broads for Wilderness v. Kimbell
U.S. Forest Service's plan for restoring road damaged by flooding does not violate related environmental laws despite potential risk to endangered trout. 		Environmental Law Mar. 5, 2013
San Luis Unit Food Producers v. United States
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is not required to deliver amount of water preferred by farmers in California's Central Valley before providing water for other purposes. 		Environmental Law Mar. 4, 2013
Soco West Inc. v. California EPA
California's Dept. of Toxic Substances must invoke remedies within California’s Superfund law for cleanup of hazardous waste site upon voluntary written request. 		Environmental Law Mar. 1, 2013
Habitat and Watershed Caretakers v. City of Santa Cruz (Regents of the University of California)
City's environmental impact report on university project is invalid because it fails to analyze limited-water supply alternative for the project. 		Environmental Law Feb. 20, 2013
Save Cuyama Valley v. County of Santa Barbara (Troesh Materials Inc.)
County of Santa Barbara properly grants company's application for conditional use permit to begin sand and gravel mining in Cuyama River. 		Environmental Law Feb. 12, 2013
Center for Biological Diversity v. Salazar
Mining company may resume uranium mining operations in Mohave County, Arizona after decades-long hiatus caused by severe drop in uranium prices. 		Environmental Law Feb. 5, 2013
Alaska Survival v. Surface Transportation Board
Surface Transportation Board properly authorizes railroad corporation’s proposed construction and operation of railroad line extension to Port MacKenzie, Alaska. 		Environmental Law Jan. 23, 2013
United States v. El Dorado County
Government may not appeal order that suspended consent decree to determine its liability for increased costs in cleaning up abandoned landfill. 		Environmental Law Jan. 13, 2013
Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council Inc.
Los Angeles County is not liable for transfers of polluted water from concrete-lined portions of rivers into unlined portions of the same rivers. 		Environmental Law Jan. 8, 2013
Jayne v. Sherman
Fish and Wildlife Service’s Biological Opinion finding that Idaho Roadless Rule does not jeopardize listed species does not violate Endangered Species Act. 		Environmental Law Jan. 7, 2013
Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands v. EPA
Oil company's drillship and fleet of vessels are authorized by EPA to conduct exploratory drilling operations in Arctic Ocean off Alaska’s coast. 		Environmental Law Dec. 26, 2012
Central Coast Forest Association v. California Fish and Game Commission
Timber groups' challenge to decision deeming salmon species endangered is unacceptable where challenge is via delisting petition, rather than administrative mandate. 		Environmental Law Dec. 16, 2012
Banning Ranch Conservancy v. City of Newport Beach (Newport Banning Ranch LLC)
City of Newport Beach properly reviews environmental impacts of park by excluding pending residential and commercial development on adjacent property. 		Environmental Law Dec. 13, 2012
Central Basin Municipal Water District v. Water Replenishment District of Southern California
Agency’s declaration of water emergency, as authorized under prior judgment governing water basin, is purely ministerial and does not require environmental review. 		Environmental Law Dec. 10, 2012
Surfrider Foundation v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region (Poseidon Resources (Channelside) LLC)
Coastal desalination facility obtains permit to operate with plan to offset marine life mortality by restoring wetlands for fish habitat. 		Environmental Law Dec. 2, 2012
Habitat and Watershed Caretakers v. City of Santa Cruz (Regents of the University of California)
City's environmental impact report on university project is invalid where it failed to analyze limited-water supply alternative for the project. 		Environmental Law Nov. 28, 2012
Styrene Information and Research Center v. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Styrene may not be listed as chemical known to cause cancer when identified as possibly carcinogenic based on limited evidence. 		Environmental Law Nov. 16, 2012
Stockton Citizens for Sensible Planning v. City of Stockton (Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)
Citizen group’s challenge to construction of new Wal-Mart Supercenter falls short when filed over 90 days after zoning administrator approved project. 		Environmental Law Nov. 14, 2012
Asociacion de Gente Unida por el Agua v. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Water quality control board's order regulating waste from milk dairies violates state's antidegradation policy by not requiring best method for regulating water. 		Environmental Law Nov. 7, 2012
Styrene Information and Research Center v. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Styrene may not be listed as chemical known to cause cancer when identified as possibly carcinogenic based on limited evidence. 		Environmental Law Nov. 2, 2012
Tuolumne Jobs & Small Business Alliance v. Superior Court (Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)
City cannot bypass environmental review for Wal-Mart expansion by adopting ordinance to approve project without holding special election. 		Environmental Law Nov. 1, 2012
Garland v. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Developer is fined for permit violations when polluted stormwater indirectly flowed from construction site into waters of the United States through drainages. 		Environmental Law Oct. 25, 2012
Chung v. City of Monterey Park
Measure to establish competitive bidding for future trash service contracts does not require environmental review prior to placement on city’s ballot. 		Environmental Law Oct. 24, 2012
Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Bureau of Land Management
Government's approval of 678-mile oil pipeline that endangers fish and their habitats fails to properly ensure protection of species. 		Environmental Law Oct. 23, 2012
Preserve Wild Santee v. City of Santee (Homefed Fanita Rancho LLC)
Environmental impact report that merely mentions measures to mitigate loss of butterfly habitat without providing guidelines is inadequate. 		Environmental Law Oct. 22, 2012
Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center v. County of Siskiyou (Roseburg Forest Products Co.)
Electricity resale project conforms to California Environmental Quality Act even if impact report contains minor deficiencies because it did not prejudice review process. 		Environmental Law Oct. 19, 2012
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