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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>Appellate Division Upholds Municipal Zoning Law Banning Fracking</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Roggenkamp</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hydraulic Fracturing & Marcellus Shale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land Use & Development]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[On May 2, 2013, the Third Department of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, upheld a municipal zoning ordinance banning “all activities related to the exploration for, and the production or storage of, natural gas and petroleum,” in the case of Norse Energy Corporation USA v. Town of Dryden. The Town of Dryden [...]<br/>
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		<title>EPA Releases Revised Vapor Intrusion Guidance for Public Comment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 13:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brownfield Cleanup]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[On April 16, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) took a significant step towards finalizing its long-pending guidance on the evaluation and response to vapor intrusion from contaminated soil and groundwater, releasing an updated draft of the guidance for public comment.  The guidance, which EPA first released in draft form in 2002, is anticipated [...]<br/>
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		<title>Army Corps and Coast Guard Permits Secured for Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Stolorow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The New NY Bridge Project crossed the finish line in its pre-construction permitting process yesterday, securing federal permits from both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard.  A replacement for the aging Tappan Zee Bridge, the New NY Bridge Project will traverse the Hudson River and connect  Rockland and Westchester Counties. [...]<br/>
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		<title>EPA Proposes Changes to Stormwater Permitting Requirements for Construction and Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Administrative Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Water Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[On April 5, EPA proposed a rule changing the effluent limitation guidelines for stormwater discharges from construction and development point sources. Why is EPA Changing the Standard? These changes reflect the terms of a settlement agreement between EPA and the Wisconsin Builders Association, the National Association of Home Builders and the Utility Water Act Group [...]<br/>
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		<title>City Council Approves Redevelopment of Pier 57 in Hudson River Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Knauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Impact Review]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[On April 9, 2013, the New York City Council unanimously approved a proposal to redevelop the historic Pier 57 within Hudson River Park, at the foot of West 15th Street in Manhattan.  This followed approval by the City Planning Commission in March, and the environmental review of the project by the Hudson River Park Trust [...]<br/>
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		<title>Panels Reflect on Lessons Learned After Sandy</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sprlaw/~3/5vUzUBnShwo/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2013/04/panel-reflects-on-lessons-learned-after-sandy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki S. Treanor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change Law]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last week, at a conference co-sponsored by SPR, government officials, academics, attorneys, and scientists convened at Hofstra University to discuss the legal and practical consequences of Superstorm Sandy. Expert panels addressed the following questions: How can local governments physically modify their transportation, power, and sanitary infrastructure to adapt to the impacts of climate change, and [...]<br/>
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		<title>Supreme Court Allows EPA to Forego Clean Water Act Permits for Logging Roads, Deferring to Agency Interpretation of Its Own Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Roggenkamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Administrative Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizen Suits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Water Act]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[On March 20, 2013, the Supreme Court upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) exclusion of ditches, channels, culverts, and other stormwater conveyances associated with logging roads from permitting requirements under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) program established by the Clean Water Act (“CWA”).  The eight-justice majority deferred to EPA’s interpretation of two CWA [...]<br/>
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		<title>Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement Advances</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sprlaw/~3/i5rKwICmGAw/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2013/03/tappan-zee-bridge-replacement-advances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Stolorow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clean Water Act]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two significant milestones were reached yesterday on the New NY Bridge/Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing project, which will replace the aging Tappan Zee Bridge connecting Westchester and Rockland Counties.  First, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) issued combined permits under state Environmental Conservation Law Article 25 (concerning activities on tidal wetlands), Article [...]<br/>
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		<title>New Federal Handbook Guides Coordination of Environmental, Historic Preservation Review</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2013/03/new-federal-handbook-guides-coordination-of-environmental-historic-preservation-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Impact Review]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this month, the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (“ACHP”) published a new handbook governing the coordination of project review under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (“Section 106”).  Drawing from existing rules and guidance from both agencies, the [...]<br/>
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		<title>SPR to Co-Sponsor Superstorm Sandy Conference at Hofstra University</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2013/03/spr-to-co-sponsor-superstorm-sandy-conference-at-hofstra-university/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SPR</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[On April 4, 2013, experts in environmental law, environmental policy, local government, planning, engineering, and environmental science will convene at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY to discuss lessons learned in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. This conference will examine the significant flaws that Sandy revealed in New York’s housing, transit and electric power systems and [...]<br/>
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