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The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act (OAA), which Congress passed to generate jobs quickly during the recession, trumps NEPA and other federal and state procedural statutes
A homebuilders association has sued the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) over the agencies' interpretation of criteria used to list a species as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA
A large national residential homebuilder has reportedly settled Clean Water Act (CWA) violations at 591 construction sites in 18 states for a civil penalty of $1 million
An EPA rule issued in 2008 and effective April 22, 2010, requires contractors performing renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb paint in homes, child-care facilities and schools built before 1978 to be trained and certified by an EPA-accredited provider
