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Day Four of Waxman-Markey Bill Hearings: Al Gore, John Warner and Newt Gingrich Steal the Show

Steven Taber
April 25, 2009 00:28

 The Waxman-Markey Bill (also known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act) hearings ended with a bang, featuring Former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore, former Senator John Warner and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. The testimony they gave was no surprise, but...

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Operators Seeking to Close Airports Navigate Difficult Regulatory Shoals

March 21, 2012 18:08

The permanent closure or “deactivation” of an underutilized public use airport has gained increasing traction among revenue starved airport sponsors, as well as disparate responses from affected parties.  Operators seek to save the drain on diminishing budgets; residential...

EPA Issues "Amendment" to Definition of Condensable Particulate Matter as Regulated New Source Review Pollutant

March 19, 2012 20:41

On Thursday, March 16, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) took the almost unprecedented step of publishing in the Federal Register a correction to its prior definition of “regulated new source review pollutant” (“Rule”) contained in two sets of...

Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania's Challenge to the Philadelphia International Airport Expansion Project Goes to Court

March 13, 2012 22:46

On Tuesday, March 6, 2012, Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania and its partners County of Delaware, Pennsylvania; Thomas J. Giancristoforo; and David McCann (“Petitioners”) took their grievances with the ongoing expansion project at Philadelphia International Airport (“PHL”) to...

FAA Reauthorization Act Changes Rules for Valuation of Residential Properties

February 06, 2012 23:26

Exemption of NextGen procedures from environmental review is not the only issue raised by the FAA Reauthorization legislation set to be approved by the United States Senate on Monday, February 6 at 5:30 p.m. EST.  Section 505 of the Conference Version of the Bill allows a public entity taking...

There May Still Be Time to Weigh in on the Congressional Action to Exempt the NextGen Technologies from NEPA Review

February 03, 2012 23:54

As we reported yesterday in our blog titled “FAA Reauthorization Act Exempts Next Generation Airspace Redesign Projects from Environmental Review,” Congress is set to act on the conference version of H.R. 658 (“Act”), a Bill the nominal purpose of which is to fund the...

FAA Reauthorization Act Exempts Next Generation Airspace Redesign Projects from Environmental Review

February 03, 2012 00:19

In a monument to political deal making, the United States Congress is today considering, in the House and Senate Aviation Committees, the "FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012," H.R. 658 ("Act") to, among other things, "authorize appropriations to the Federal Aviation...

Barbara E. Lichman, Ph.D., J.D. to Join Buchalter Nemer

January 27, 2012 17:19

As a valued friend, we want to share with you the exciting news that, on Monday, January 30, 2012, we will be joining the law firm of Buchalter Nemer, a premier land use, real estate and environmental law firm with offices throughout the Southwest. Buchalter’s expertise in areas of law such...

Legislature Asked to Grant CEQA Relief for Rail Projects

January 12, 2012 17:22

Following in the footsteps of his colleagues, on January 6, 2012, Assemblyman Mike Feuer introduced legislation that would give rail projects the same type of relief from California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) requirements that were received in the last session by the proposed...

Happy New Year Except for California Redevelopment Agencies

January 04, 2012 19:30

As far back as 1946 when the California Legislature first passed legislation enabling the establishment of redevelopment agencies, the concept of restoring aging urban neighborhoods has played a key role in the character and identity of California cities. This role, which was enhanced by government...