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Nepa And The Roan Plateau: Forcing The Bureau Of Land Management To Take A Hard Look, William Griffin

Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review

In 2007, the Bureau of Land Management adopted a resource management plan that essentially made all public land within the Roan Plateau Planning Area available for leasing to private oil and gas entities. Environmental groups alleged that the BLM, in adopting the plan, failed to satisfy the National Environmental Policy Act’s procedural requirements. In Colorado Environmental Coalition v. Salazar, the district court held that the BLM violated NEPA by failing to adequately consider the plan’s cumulative air quality effects. On remand, the court did not offer the agency any instructions in curing the procedural deficiency. The court’s ...

Saving Mabira Rainforest: Using Public Interest Litigation In Uganda To Save Mabira And Other Rainforests, Catherine Nampewo

Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review

In August 2011, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced that he planned to give away part of Mabira rainforest to a sugar corporation to grow a sugarcane plantation and enhance sugar production in the country. The President had made a similar proposal in 2007 and only abandoned it after public and environmental groups received it with immense resistance. The Ugandan government has also given away other forest land to private investors, including parts of Bugala Island in Lake Victoria to a vegetable company to grow palm trees. This Note argues that the Ugandans opposed to the give-away of forest land to ...

Municipal Energy Benchmarking Legislation For Commercial Buildings: You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure, Sara Mattern

Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review

Across the United States, the energy used to power commercial buildings represents a sizeable portion of overall energy consumption and resulting greenhouse gas emissions. Until recently, building owners and managers did not have an easy way to compare the efficiency of their buildings. Through the ENERGY STAR program, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy created a tool to evaluate a building’s relative efficiency, a process called benchmarking. Recently, a growing number of cities have passed legislation requiring commercial building owners to track energy performance, as a way to help the cities meet their own climate goals. This ...

Review Of Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendments & Concept Plan For 129 Parker Street, Maynard, Ma, Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center For Public Management, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Edward J. Collins Center for Public Management Publications

The Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management was hired by the Town of Maynard to analyze the proposed amendment to the Neighborhood Business Overlay District (NBOD) of the Maynard Zoning Bylaw and associated concept plan for the property located at 129 Parker Street in Maynard. The bylaw amendment and concept plan have been proposed by Capital Group Properties, LLC, the developer of the site. Specifically, the Center was tasked with preparing the following materials:

• Task 1 – Economic Development and Impact Study;
• Task 2 – Traffic Peer Review and Analysis; and,
• Task 3 – Recommendations on proposed bylaw amendment, concept plan ...

Understanding & Crafting Development Agreements In Massachusetts, Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center For Public Management, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Edward J. Collins Center for Public Management Publications

The report first briefly explains the real estate development business from the developer’s perspective. It then identifies the components of a typical development agreement. Following this, it describes how agreements change and grow over time and offers an outline of the negotiation process. The appendices provide an overview of five development agreements and highlights interesting provisions that may be food for thought during negotiations on future development agreements. Two of these agreements are for gaming-related projects and three do not include gaming as a potential land use. Copies of the actual agreements can be accessed via links found within ...

Zoning And The Vested Right To Use Property: There Ought To Be A Right! , Hugh Breckenridge

Pepperdine Law Review

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Aircraft Noise Pollution: Is Land Use Planning The Answer? , Milan M. Dostal

Pepperdine Law Review

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The Housing Element: How Can Its Adequacy Be Measured? , Nina E. West, James C. Schroeder

Pepperdine Law Review

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Looking Back: Consistency In Interpretation Of And Response To The Consistency Requirement, A. B. 1301 , Joseph F. Di Mento

Pepperdine Law Review

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California Planning Law: Requirements For Low And Moderate Income Housing , C. Foster Knight

Pepperdine Law Review

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The California Coastal Zone Conservation Act Of 1972: An Overview And Recent Developments, Bruce Tester

Pepperdine Law Review

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Title I Of The 1974 Housing And Community Development Act And Its Impact On Local Communities, Edward E. Haworth

Pepperdine Law Review

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Luncheon Address: Planning Decision Making - Balancing Legislative Restrictions, Modern Technology, Community Input, And Personal Objectives , Robert J. West

Pepperdine Law Review

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

Pepperdine Law Review

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The Relationship Of Just Compensation To The Land Use Regulatory Power: An Analysis And Proposal , Thomas P. Clark, Arthur G. Kidman

Pepperdine Law Review

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Legal Limits Of Government Land Use Regulation - An Expanding Concept , Roger A. Grable

Pepperdine Law Review

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Subdivision Regulation: Political Armageddon Of Consumer, Property Owner And Environmental Rights , James E. Erickson

Pepperdine Law Review

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Hagman's Hallucinations: Some Predictions About Planning Law In California , Donald G. Hagman

Pepperdine Law Review

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Diminution In Value Is Not Inverse Condemnation: Hfh, Ltd. V. Superior Court , Daniel J. Gavin

Pepperdine Law Review

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Land Use Enactments And Inverse Condemnation, Alan R. Perry

Pepperdine Law Review

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