USA - February 22 2021
On February 11, 2021, the Ninth Circuit upheld the district court’s decision vacating Nationwide Permit (NWP) 48, Commercial Shellfish Mariculture…
Erika H. Spanton, Kirstin K. Gruver.
USA - January 8 2021
In a long-unfolding saga, on January 7, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published its final rule that will at long last establish a…
Alexander Horning, Casey T. Clausen, W. Parker Moore.
USA - October 7 2020
In the wake of the Fifth Circuit’s August 2, 2020 decision holding that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) lacked authority to regulate…
Brooklyn N. Hildebrandt, Kirstin K. Gruver.
USA - September 24 2020
On September 14, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued nonbinding guidance to agencies to help them comply with the National…
Ben Mathieu, W. Parker Moore.