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The SandBar - Volume 19


Issue 4 • October 2020

NEPA Regulations Updated

Also in this issue:
• Fifth Circuit Decision Denies NOAA Bid to Regulate Aquaculture Under MSA
• Impacts of COVID-19 on Tribal Communities
• Decision in Tribal Criminal Law Case Raises Questions About Water Regulation
• Environmental Impacts of Recent Executive Actions

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Issue 3 • July 2020

U.S. Supreme Court Says Some Groundwater Discharges Fall Under CWA

Also in this issue:
• New "Waters of the United States" Rule Finalized: Will it Stand?
• U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Blackbeard Shipwreck Copyright Case
• Corps of Engineers Must Prepare EIS for Dakota Access Pipeline
• No Such Thing as an Accident: U.S. Supreme Court Oil Spill Decision Sheds Light on Maritime Contract Law

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Issue 2 • April 2020

Court Preserves Atlantic Marine National Monument Designation

Also in this issue:
• Federal Court Foils GE Salmon Foes in First Stage of FDA Feud
• Controversy over Trump Administration's New Central Valley Water Plan Continues
• Rhode Island Superior Court Affirms Decision Recognizing Oysters as Livestock
• U.S. Supreme Court to Hear FOIA Case

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Issue 1 • January 2020

Court Restores Ban On Gillnet Fishing Gear in North Atlantic Right Whale Habitat

Also in this issue:
• EPA Takes Action on Regulating Lead: What is the New Proposed Trigger Level?
• Shell-Shocked in Seattle: Court Sets Aside Federal Aquaculture Permit Scheme in Washington
• City's Short-Term Rental Ordinance Here to Stay
• 2019 Legislative Update

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