In Protect Tustin Ranch v. City of Tustin (G059709), an unpublished opinion, the Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld the use of CEQA’s infill exemption to approve a Conditional Use Permit (“CUP”) for the demolition of a structure and constru…
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As most California mine operators are aware, Cal/OSHA maintains a “Mining and Tunneling Division” that duplicates the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration’s safety oversight over mining operations. And, just like MSHA, Cal/OSHA Mining…
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The Sacramento County Superior Court recently invalidated state regulations that were designed to create new permitting requirements for dredge and fill activities in wetlands that lost federal protections under the Clean Water Act following United S…
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Redondo Beach Waterfront, LLC v. City of Redondo Beach 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 634 July 2020 California’s Second Appellate District has upheld statutorily conferred vested development rights from challenge by a later approved citizens’ initiative. T…
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California’s State Water Resources Control Board continues to advance its development of general waste discharge requirements (“WDRs”) for wineries. On July 3, 2020, the board gave notice of a July 22, 2020 online public workshop and scheduled…
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June 2020 In a continuing response to COVID-19, on June 29, 2020, the three California cannabis agencies (the Bureau of Cannabis Control, California Department of Food and Agriculture CalCannabis, and the California Department of Public Health Manufa…
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May 2020 On April 2, 2020, the Court of Appeal affirmed that CEQA’s accelerated statute of limitations on court challenges apply, regardless of whether the agency lacked authority to approve the project or make the CEQA determination in the first i…
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April 2020 The U.S. Supreme Court has held, in County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al., that point-source discharges to groundwater require a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit if the discharge is “the functional equivalent of a direct dis…
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April 2020 In April 2017, the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission (“Commission”) to list the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog (“FYLF”) as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act (“CES…
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April 2020 Operators under California’s Industrial General Permit (IGP) are familiar with the challenge of maintaining “baseline” status under the IGP. This is especially true for mines and construction material producers, whose facilities are…
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