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Aamodt Cost-Sharing & System Integration Agreement (2013), United States, State Of New Mexico Aug 2013

Aamodt Cost-Sharing & System Integration Agreement (2013), United States, State Of New Mexico

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Cost Share & Integration Agreement (Mar. 14, 2013); NM v. Aamodt, 66cv6639 USDC, DCNM. Parties: Pueblos of Nambé, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso & Tesuque, US, NM, Santa Fe County, City of Santa Fe. Conformed to Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act, Pub. L. No. 111-291, tit. VI, 124 Stat. 3064, 3134-56 (2010). Parties agree to fund and the United States agrees to plan, design and construct the Regional Water System (RWS). The Bureau of Reclamation will build the system. The Secretary of Interior shall conduct government-to-government consultation with the Pueblos regarding well locations and maintaining appropriate confidentiality to protect traditional Pueblo practices. US …


Environmental Law, Eleventh Circuit Survey, Travis M. Trimble Jul 2013

Environmental Law, Eleventh Circuit Survey, Travis M. Trimble

Scholarly Works

In 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, deciding an issue of first impression, held that a party that enters a consent order to settle potential liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) is not entitled to pursue a cost recovery action against other potentially responsible parties under section 1073 of the Act, but may only seek contribution from those parties under section 113(f) of the Act. The court also affirmed a decision by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage- ment to approve an exploration plan for oil and gas drilling in …


Nepa And Ceqa - Euphemistic Environmental Eunuchs?, Sonia Sonju Erickson May 2013

Nepa And Ceqa - Euphemistic Environmental Eunuchs?, Sonia Sonju Erickson

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Future Of Eirs In Land Use Regulation , John M. Winters May 2013

The Future Of Eirs In Land Use Regulation , John M. Winters

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


No Implied Effect: The ‘Safe’ Fcc Cell Phone Radiation Standard And Tort Immunity By Implied Conflict Preemption, Sean M. Sherman Jan 2013

No Implied Effect: The ‘Safe’ Fcc Cell Phone Radiation Standard And Tort Immunity By Implied Conflict Preemption, Sean M. Sherman

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Cell phones emit low-level radiation. Constantly.


Nepa And Downstream Greenhouse Gas Emissions Of U.S. Coal Exports, Elizabeth Sheargold, Smita Walavalkar Jan 2013

Nepa And Downstream Greenhouse Gas Emissions Of U.S. Coal Exports, Elizabeth Sheargold, Smita Walavalkar

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

As U.S. coal exports increase and new infrastructure is proposed to improve access to markets in Asia, controversy has arisen regarding the scope of environmental review that should be carried out by government. In particular, there is significant disagreement as to whether the end-use of exported coal and the emissions generated by its combustion fall within the scope of environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). This paper considers this issue, examining the requirements of NEPA and its implementing regulations, as well as current practice by Federal agencies.