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	<title>SPR Environmental Law Blog</title>
	
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	<description>Environmental law news and updates from Sive, Paget &amp; Riesel, a leading environmental law firm in New York City.</description>
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		<title>New York City Releases New Wetlands Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 14:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New York City Environmental Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wetlands]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On May 20, Mayor Bloomberg announced a new wetlands strategy for New York City, building on the PlaNYC’s goals of improving water quality, increasing opportunities for recreation along waterways and waterfronts, and restoring natural environments along coastal areas. The New York City Wetlands Strategy (“Wetlands Strategy”) had originally contemplated creating a local ordinance and establishing [...]<br/>
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		<title>Congress Negotiating Changes to Environmental Review of Federal Transportation Projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Impact Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With the federal transportation funding bill set to expire on June 30, 2012, federal lawmakers are negotiating the details of new legislation that could affect the environmental review of many highway, bridge and other surface transportation projects.  The United States House of Representatives and Senate passed differing transportation bills earlier this year and recently appointed [...]<br/>
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		<title>New York City Council Approves “Zone Green” Amendments</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sprlaw/~3/L0oifQfJjPY/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Roggenkamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Building & Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land Use & Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City Environmental Law]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On May 1, 2012, the New York City City Council unanimously approved changes to the New York City Zoning Resolution that will encourage green construction for new buildings and green retrofits for existing buildings, along with other innovations.  Subject to certain limitations, the amendments will allow building owners to incorporate elements of environmentally-friendly construction even [...]<br/>
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		<title>EPA Issues New Regulations on Air Emissions from Natural Gas Drilling</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sprlaw/~3/15pedb-PjHc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 22:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Stolorow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clean Air Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hydraulic Fracturing & Marcellus Shale]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (&#8220;EPA&#8221;) issued its first-ever regulations governing emissions of air pollutants from hydraulically fractured natural gas wells, requiring natural gas producers to install new equipment to capture wellhead emissions on new or re-drilled wells no later than January 2015.  In addition to releasing natural gas (methane) that is recovered and sold [...]<br/>
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		<title>Vapor Intrusion Case Survives Motion to Dismiss</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen Suits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RCRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solid Waste]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this month, a federal court in New Jersey denied Lockheed Martin Corporation’s (“Lockheed Martin’s”) motion to dismiss state and federal claims alleging personal injuries and reduced property values arising from soil vapor intrusion.  Leese v. Lockheed Martin Corp., No. 11-5091, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50963 (D.N.J. April 11, 2012).   This decision allows the case to [...]<br/>
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		<title>New York Seeks To Foster Offshore Wind Projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Roggenkamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy & Energy Development]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two recent events signal New York’s continuing interest in promoting offshore wind development.  First, on March 30, 2012, New York signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) intended to streamline offshore wind development in the Great Lakes.  The MOU was also signed by Pennsylvania, Illinois,  Michigan, Minnesota and several federal agencies with regulatory authority touching on [...]<br/>
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		<title>New York State Freshwater Wetlands Appeals Board Eliminated</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SPR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New York Environmental Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wetlands]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The recently-enacted 2012-2013 New York State Budget has eliminated one of the State’s longstanding administrative institutions: the Freshwater Wetlands Appeals Board (“FWAB”).  The FWAB was established in 1976 to provide a specialized forum for the expeditious review of Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) decisions involving freshwater wetlands, as an alternative to Article 78 proceedings under [...]<br/>
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		<title>EPA Proposes Carbon Dioxide Emissions Standards for New Fossil Fuel Power Plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki Shiah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clean Air Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On March 27, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (&#8220;EPA&#8221;) proposed a rule limiting carbon dioxide (“CO2”) emissions from new power plants fired by fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas. The rule applies to new fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units in the continental United States; it does not apply to existing units or [...]<br/>
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		<title>New York’s Highest Court Expands FOIL Disclosure of Federal Documents Held by State Agencies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lesser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Administrative Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Environmental Law]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In Matter of the Town of Waterford v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, decided on March 22, 2012, the New York Court of Appeals held that New York State must disclose deliberative documents in its possession that had been created by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”).   Specifically, the Court held that [...]<br/>
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		<title>White House CEQ Issues Guidelines to Streamline NEPA Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Stolorow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Impact Review]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As part of its ongoing effort to “modernize and reinvigorate” the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the White House Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) this month issued guidelines for streamlining federal environmental reviews under NEPA.  While the 15-page guidance document primarily provides an overview of the time-saving strategies and tools contained in various existing CEQ [...]<br/>
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