By Saira Rhodes on Posted in Development,Energy Efficiency/Sustainability,Environmental,Land Use,Land Use PlanningThe Department of the Interior, in partnership with the Department of Energy, will publish the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for solar energy development in six southwestern states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Key elements include: an initial set of 17 Solar Energy Zones on 285,000 acres across 6 Western States; a process … Continue Reading
By Duncan M. Greene on Posted in Climate Change,Environmental,Water LawWith the sheer volume of environmental litigation currently in progress that will impact the regulated community, Van Ness Feldman has developed an Environmental Appellate Litigation Tracking Tool which follows developments in the most significant federal appellate environmental cases in the areas of air quality, water quality, and waste. We aspire to update these litigation matrices … Continue Reading
By T.C. Richmond on Posted in Development,Land Use,Municipal,Water LawOn July 12, 2012, Van Ness Feldman GordonDerr client Cascade Water Alliance successfully converted to a municipal corporation (a Joint Municipal Utility Services Authority) from a non-profit Watershed Partnership. Cascade, formed originally as a non-profit watershed management partnership, realized it lacked authorities of other utilities and had many areas of confusion, such as how to handle … Continue Reading
