Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Environmental Impact Assessment Committee - Newsletter Archive
In this issue:
Message from the Chair
Joan E. Drake…1
NRDC v. Winter Part Two: Court’s Deference Ends the Current Debate between Proponents of National Security and Advocates of Environmental Protection
James R. Farrell…2
Alaska Wilderness League v. Kempthorne: The Ninth Circuit Struggles to Determine Whether the NEPA Analysis for Offshore Drilling Plans in Alaska Meets the McNair Test
Amy J. MacKenzie…7
Ninth Circuit Decides “Snowbowl” Case, Drawing Ascertainable Lines under Religious Freedom Restoration Act and NEPA
William C. Scott and Greg L. Gambill…10
In this issue:
Message from the Chair
Norman Carlin…1
NRDC v. Winter Part One: Green Trumps the Blue and Gold—National Security Takes a Back Seat to Natural Resources in the Central District of California
James R. Farrell…2
Standing on Board the Superferry: Sierra Club v. Hawaii Department of Transportation
Lisa A. Bail…8
Save Tara and Concerned McCloud Citizens: When Do Conditional Agreements Require CEQA Review?
Todd W. Smith…11
SCOPE II: CEQA and the Reasonable Likelihood of Water Supply Availability
Lindsay D. Puckett…15
Revisiting the CEQ’s NEPA Implementing Regulations to Address the Climate Change World
Joseph Mendelson III…18
In this issue:
Message from the Chair
Norman Carlin…1
Assessing Climate Change—Trends under State Environmental Policy Acts and the National Environmental Policy Act
Dustin T. Till…2
Greenhouse Gases Ruled an Air Pollutant: Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency
William C. Scott…6
Current Status of Climate Change Analysis under CEQA
Madeline Stone…9
King County First in the Nation to Require Climate Change Impacts to Be Considered During Environmental Review of New Projects
Steven G. Jones…11
Climate Change and CEQA: San Bernardino County’s Landmark Global Warming Settlement
Rita S. Chan…14
Vol. 2, No. 2 - July 2007 Issue
Message from the Editor
Joan E. Drake…1
Little NEPAs: The Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act
Shawna Bligh…1
SAFETEA-LU Section 6002—How Has the Federal Environmental Review Process Changed for Highway and Transit Projects?
Janet Myers…6
Evaluating Urban Decay Impacts in California Environmental Impact Reports: What Has Wal-Mart Done Now?
Michael H. Zischke and Shaye Diveley…9
Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth, Inc. v. City of Rancho Cordova: California Supreme Court Has Decided What Constitutes an Adequate Water Supply Assessment for a Development Project in an Environmental Impact Report under the California Environmental Quality Act
Lindsay D. Puckett…12
Welcome from the Chair
Norman Carlin…1
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission : Ninth Circuit Holds That the Risk of Terrorist Attack is Not Too Speculative for Consideration under NEPA
Mathew Swain and Stacey Wright…2
Banker’s Hill, Hillcrest, Park West Community Preservation Group v. City of San Diego Clarifies Standard of Review for Categorical Exemption Cases under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Rita Chan, Benjamin Wiles and George Chikovani…7
New Statutory Categorical Exclusions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005
Jeffrey S. Dennis…9
Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment–Part II: Canada’s EIA Process
Jomar Maldonado…13
Second Annual “Little” NEPA Program: State-Level Environmental Impact Assessment…17
Welcome from the Chair
Karen Bryan…1
Welcome to the Newsletter
Joan E. Drake…3
Committee Updates
Programs Update: R.J. Lyman...3
Membership Update: Christina Wisdom...3
Public Service Update: Jomar Maldonado...4
Year in Review Update: Norman Carlin...4
Liaison to Trends: J.B. Ruhl...4
Technology Update: Laura Beveridge...5
Energy Facility Siting Update: Margret J. Kim...5
About You...5
Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance:
NEPA Obligations Only Attach for Proposed or Ongoing Agency Actions
Peter C. Mailhot.…7
State-Level Environmental Impact Assessment Program...8
Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen:
Reduced NEPA and Clean Air Act Obligations for Agencies with Limited Discretion
Peter C. Mailhot, Norman F. Carlin and Jomar Maldonado.…9
California Agencies May Use Regulatory Standards as Rebuttable Thresholds of Significance to Identify and Analyze Project Impacts
Mathew J. Swain.…11
Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment - Part I: Mexico's EIA Process
Jomar Maldonado.…13
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