September/October 2015

In This Issue

Environment

EPA to modernize self-disclosure process for environmental violations

Scott Fulton and Daniel B. Schulson

EPA is modernizing the self-disclosure process with a new web-based system allowing for electronic disclosures and, in some cases, automatic issuance of Notices of Determinations.

Environment

BLM regulation of hydraulic fracturing on federal lands

Hannah J. Wiseman

New BLM rules for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands address well casing, flowback storage, and chemical disclosure. They differ from certain state rules and have been challenged.

Environment

Ninth Circuit Rulings yield changes to Endangered Species Act rules and policies

R. Todd Silliman and Stefanie Warren

Ninth Circuit decisions have yielded changes to the way the FWS and NOAA administer key aspects of the Endangered Species Act.

Environment

Wetland mitigation banking: An innovative practice grows to a major industry and provides an additional land revenue option

Eric T. Olsen

Mitigation banking to compensate for wetland loss under the CWA can create options and value for clients.

Environment

Ukraine’s energy crisis may invite hydraulic fracturing and regulatory uncertainty

Viktoriia De Las Casas

Ukraine’s energy crisis has prompted natural gas and energy sector reforms designed to attract investment but challenges for foreign investors remain.

Environment

In Brief

Theodore L. Garrett

Mercury costs Rising and Raisins of Wrath: In Brief focuses on the last two Supreme Court cases of this Term and recent lower court air and water cases and EPA regulations.

Section News

Environment

Views from the Chair

Pamela E. Barker

The Section will continue its outreach beyond the Section and ABA as well as focus on enhanced communications with its members.

Environment

My kind of town, Chicago is….The 23rd Fall Conference

Scott J. Sachs

Join your colleagues this October for practical learning and networking opportunities featuring top governmental, transactional, and trial lawyers.

Environment

People on the Move

James R. Arnold

Keep up with your fellow Section members’ moves.

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The decline of deference: Is the Supreme Court pruning back the Chevron doctrine?

In This Issue

EPA to modernize self-disclosure process for environmental violations

BLM regulation of hydraulic fracturing on federal lands

﻿Ninth Circuit Rulings yield changes to Endangered Species Act rules and policies﻿

Wetland mitigation banking: An innovative practice grows to a major industry and provides an additional land revenue option

Ukraine’s energy crisis may invite hydraulic fracturing and regulatory uncertainty

In Brief﻿

Section News

Views from the Chair

My kind of town, Chicago is….The 23rd Fall Conference

People on the Move

Ninth Circuit Rulings yield changes to Endangered Species Act rules and policies

In Brief