Environmental / Land Use / Natural Resources

02/22/2013  Presentation Materials: Litigating Against Government Agencies (PDF)
02/01/2013  Litigating Against Government Agencies: Case Studies in Challenges to Agency Decisions Under Federal Environmental Statutes (PDF)
01/30/2012  Source Control: Legal Authority and Policy Goals (PDF)
11/08/2011  Source Control: Legal Authority and Policy Goals (PDF)
10/11/2011  EPA Enforcement of the Renewable Fuel Standard
08/31/2011  Understanding Significant Insurance Coverage Issues that Currently Arise in Natural Disasters
07/29/2011  CEQA Realities for Project Developers (PDF)
07/15/2011  ESA Experimental Population (PDF)
07/01/2011  EPA Releases Draft 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards (PDF)
05/10/2011  Federal and State Endangered Species Issues Relevant to the Oil and Gas Industry in California - Presentation Materials (PDF)
09/29/2010  ESA and NEPA Developments: Impacts on Natural Resource Development in Alaska - Presentation Materials (PDF)
09/02/2010  Alternative for Long-term Sustainability: Addressing Salinity in the Central Valley (PDF)
06/04/2010  Water Rights in Oregon
05/25/2010  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Major Revision to Bull Trout Critical Habitat Designation (PDF)
04/13/2010  Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning for Offshore Renewable Energy Development on the West Coast (PDF)
04/07/2010  Redeveloping Brownfields in the Shadow of Superfund (PDF)
04/01/2010  State Supreme Court Sets Environmental Baseline
02/05/2010  Law Combating Illegal Logging Affects Many (PDF)
01/09/2010  When it Comes to Renewable Energy, Wood Holds Promise
12/10/2009  Webinar Materials - The California Water Deal of 2009: A Look at the Land Use Implications
12/07/2009  Presentation Materials: Practical Tips for Responding to a Government Investigation (PDF)
12/04/2009  One Large Step Forward: The California Water Deal of 2009 - A Look at the Historic New State Water Legislation (PDF)
12/01/2009  Steps Toward Net Environmental Benefit in Agency Decisions (PDF)
11/19/2009  The California Water Deal of 2009: Webinar Materials (PDF)
09/04/2009  Businesses Near Superfund Site Should Re-Read Old Policies
06/01/2009  CERCLA Liability - The Demise of CERCLA Joint and Several Liability? (PDF)
03/12/2009  The Polar Bear Listing Story: Efforts to Regulate GHG Emissions Using the Endangered Species
01/29/2009  Federal Regulatory Update (PDF)
01/29/2009  Sustainable Regulation - Weaving Sustainability into Regulatory Decisions (PDF)
12/01/2008  Water—Know Your Rights (PDF)
11/19/2008  Resource Development Council ESA Presentation (PPT)
10/27/2008  'Green' Building Requires Legal Pros (PDF)
09/22/2008  BIM: Managing the Risks of Revolutionary Change (PDF)
09/11/2008  Greenhouse Gas Cap & Trade Update (PDF)
07/23/2008  Minerals Management Service Proposes Regulations Governing Development of Wind, Wave, Current, Solar and Other Alternative Energy Sources on the Outer Continental Shelf
07/18/2008  Fish and Wildlife: Regulatory Framework and Challenges (PPT)
05/22/2008  The Law of Building Green
02/20/2008  New Hydro Technologies: Fish & Wildlife Issues (PPT)
07/15/2007  Water Delivery - Canals, Ditches, and Pipelines: The Law of Easements in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington (PDF)
06/01/2007  Patenting Nanominerals (PDF)
04/17/2007  The Endangered Species Act’s Section 7 Consultation Requirement: Strategies and Tools (PPT)
04/02/2007  Supreme Court Rules on New Source Review
04/02/2007  U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Green House Gas Emissions
03/19/2007  CERCLA & Clean Water Act – Overlapping Authorities & Cross-Program Implementation; Thinking Outside the Box (PPT)
03/01/2007  NEDC's Clean Water Act Complaint Dismissed
01/24/2007  Managing to Make Source Control Happen at Contaminated Sediment Sites (PPT)
12/01/2006  Water Delivery: Pipes vs. Ditches (Parts 1 & 2) (PDF)
11/01/2006  The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 - Taking on Global Warming by Legislating Reductions in Greenhouse Emissions (PDF)
09/15/2006  California Greenhouse Gas Statutes - Possible Oregon Impacts
09/15/2006  California Adopts Dramatic New Greenhouse Gas Statutes
07/24/2006  The Energy Policy Act of 2005
05/31/2006  Endangered Species Act Basics & Section 7 Consultation Strategies for Hydropower Relicensing & License Amendments (PPT)
05/31/2006  Endangered Species Act’s Section 7 Consultation Requirement: Strategies and Tools (PPT)
05/11/2006  A Primer on the Endangered Species Act: The Species List, Take Prohibition, Permits, & Federal Consultation Requirements
03/02/2006  Presentation on Oregon Ballot Measure 37
03/02/2006  Presentation on Oregon Ballot Measure 37
01/01/2006  Spill Prevention Plans - SPCC Plan: Substantial Revisions and New Compliance Deadline Proposed (PDF)
01/01/2006  Air Quality Management: Changes Under Discussion Nationally (PDF)
12/15/2005  ESA Update: A Review of 2005 (Published in The Water Report, Issue 22, 2005) (PDF)
11/15/2005  New Source Review Update: EPA Proposes Dramatic Changes for Power Plants
10/20/2005  Recovery Planning Advances (PPT)
10/01/2005  Endangered Species Act Alert - House Passes ESA Amendments
07/28/2005  Oregon District Court Finds Genuine Issue of Material Fact in Conversion and Negligence Claims Based on Failure to Maintain Domain Names
06/01/2005  Endangered Species Act Alert - Petition to List the Polar Bear Threatens Major U.S. Emission Sources and Alaska Oil & Gas Development
05/05/2005  Allocation of Liability at a Sediment Cleanup Site (PPT)
03/31/2005  Eco-risk, Focused on Sediments: Status in Oregon (PPT)
03/10/2005  The Present and Future of Habitat Conservation Plans: With or Without "No Surprises" (PDF)
03/01/2005  Boiler and Combustion Turbine Standards: New EPA Proposal (PDF)
02/15/2005  Endangered Species Act Update: Summary of the 12th Annual ESA Conference (PDF)
01/15/2005  ESA Incidental Take Authorizations: Uncertainty Continues (PDF)
12/01/2004  Regulating the Willamette River
10/15/2004  Measure 37 Analyzed: A Recipe for Confusion and Litigation
09/01/2004  Endangered Species Act Alert: Major Court Decision Affecting Critical Habitat in the Gifford Pinchot Case (PDF) (PDF)
07/01/2004  The Environmental Baseline vs. The Proposed Action: How Are the Ongoing Effects of Existing Dams Properly Considered?
03/01/2004  Insurance Funding for Environmental Cleanups
11/15/2003  Forestry Industry Court Cases: Current Litigation May Affect Forest Practices
11/15/2003  New Source Review Update: Enforcement Dropped & Criticism Rejected
11/01/2003  Oregon Air Toxics Rules: Final Proposal Adopted
11/01/2003  Regulatory Takings in Oregon
10/09/2003  Natural Resource Damages Fundamentals (PPT)
09/01/2003  Industrial Facilities May Soon Face Numeric Effluent Limits for Storm Water Discharges
09/01/2003  Court Rules on Routine Maintenance, Repair & Replacement Power Plant Projects Violate New Source Review
08/27/2003  New Oregon Environmental Insurance Bill (SB 297)
08/01/2003  EPA Signs New Routine Maintenance, Repair & Replacement Exemption
07/01/2003  EPA Compliance Orders Held Unconstitutional
06/01/2003  The Unanswered Question of Environmental Insurance Allocation in Oregon Law (PDF)
06/01/2003  Is the Glass Half-Full? Why an Insurance Company's Late Notice Defense to an Environmental Claim Should Fail (PDF) (PDF)
04/15/2003  Environmental Insurance Legislations: Proposed Bill Could Aid in Cleanup of Contaminated Sites (PDF) (PDF)
02/15/2003  Good News for Oregon Companies with California Cleanup Sites (PDF) (PDF)
02/01/2003  Cutting Through the Confusion of State and Federal Forest Regulation
01/15/2003  SPCC Plan Requirements Delayed
01/01/2003  Air Toxics: State & Federal Programs Update
12/15/2002  EPA Proposals to Clarify Routine Maintenance, Repair & Replacement
12/01/2002  EPA Revises New Source Review Rules: What's in Store for Oregon Sources?,
12/01/2002  Contaminated Property Shelved - Transactional Relief from the new CERCLA Amendments
11/15/2002  Scenic Resources & Project Development
11/01/2002  NPDES Permit Required for Discharge to the Air? 9th Circuit Opinion in League of Wilderness Defenders v. Forsgren
10/15/2002  Odor and New Project Development
10/01/2002  Noise and New Project Development
09/16/2002  Contaminated Property? Relief and Reason May Be Within Sight
09/06/2002  Who Will Pay for The Portland Harbor Cleanup? (PPT)
09/01/2002  Federal and Oregon Endangered Species Act News
08/30/2002  Oregon DEQ New Rule Implementation Update
08/15/2002  Roiling the Waters: Prelude to the Mighty Columbia Conference
08/15/2002  Oregon Air Toxics Rules Break New Ground: What's Going On In and Out of the Rulemaking
07/01/2002  The Impact of the Endangered Species Act on Water Rights and Water Use (PDF) (PDF)
06/01/2002  MACT Update: Details on Boiler, Process Heater, Combustion Turbine and Internal Combustion Standards
06/01/2002  EPA New Source Review Reform: Possible & Probable Oregon Impacts
05/15/2002  Griffin Case Allows the Recovery of Pre-Tender Environmental Cleanup Costs
05/10/2002  The Endangered Species Act, Goal 5 and Local Land Use: Endangered Species Come to Town
05/01/2002  EPA Clarifies Release Reporting Requirements
03/15/2002  Klamath Basin Update II: US v. Adair
03/01/2002  Law and Science in the Klamath Basin: Keeping Your Eye on The Law
03/01/2002  SABRA Reshapes CERCLA Liability
03/01/2002  Listed West Coast Salmonid Species Affected By Judge Hogan's Recent Ruling In Alsea Valley Alliance v. Evans
03/01/2002  Confidentiality of Environmental Site Assessments: Trying to Make Sure What You Know Can't Hurt You
02/01/2002  Klamath Basin Update: DEBATE CONTINUES
07/01/2001  Navigability and Public Use: Charting a Course Up the Sandy River
06/15/2001  The Blue Heron Permit Agreement Reached
04/15/2001  NPDES Permits and Use of Aquatic Herbicides
03/01/2001  Bad News For Insureds - California Supreme Court Holds That Indemnification Under Comprehensive General Liability Policies Requires A Lawsuit
01/22/2001  Insurance Coverage for Environmental Liabilities in Oregon, Washington and Idaho
12/15/2000  NMFS Investigations and Inspections
11/15/2000  EPA Warms to Oregon Temperature Standards
11/01/2000  Section 9(g) Litigation: "Take" Cases & Permitting Agencies
09/01/2000  Irrigated Agriculture and the ESA: Setting New Precedent in the Walla Walla Basin
07/01/2000  NMFS' Final 4(d) Rule for Salmon and Steelhead
06/01/2000  A New Arrow In The Environmental Quiver
06/01/2000  California Looks To Other States In Designing An Urban Brownfields Redevelopment Funding Mechanism
03/01/2000  A Review Of 1999 California Legislation
11/01/1997  Is There Gold in your File Cabinet?

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