63 Cases found

Sound Action v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Motion to dismiss denied. [ 02/05/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to reject a recommended change to the "high tide line" used by the Seattle District to determine the scope of its Section 404 jurisdiction.

Constitution Pipeline Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: FERC's motion for voluntary remand granted. [ 02/28/2019 ]
Description: Petition seeking declaratory order that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation had waived jurisdiction over water quality certificate for interstate natural gas pipeline project.

Save the Colorado v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Petitioners filed response to Colorado Department of Natural Resources motion to intervene. [ 05/29/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to approvals for project facilitating diversion of water from Colorado River.

Columbia Riverkeeper v. Wheeler

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Plaintiffs filed notice of settlement agreement resolving plaintiffs' claim for attorney fees and litigation costs. [ 05/25/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that EPA violated the Clean Water Act by failing to issue a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for temperature pollution in the Columbia and Snake Rivers in Oregon and Washington.

Conservation Law Foundation v. ExxonMobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Discovery stayed. [ 10/26/2022 ]
Description: Citizen suit alleging violations of RCRA and Clean Water Act for failure to take action to prepare marine terminal for climate change.

Constitution Pipeline Co. v. Seggos

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari petition denied. [ 04/30/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to denial of water quality certification for natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New York.

Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/08/2016 ]
Description: Rulemaking petition and subsequent litigation requesting that EPA amend water quality criteria and publish guidance to address ocean acidification.

Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Amended order issued granting summary judgment to EPA. [ 03/02/2015 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA approval of Washington’s and Oregon’s lists of impaired waters.

Conservation Law Foundation v. EPA

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Settlement agreement filed providing for eventual dismissal of action after certain activities were completed. [ 11/17/2014 ]
Description: Challenge to TMDLs for Cape Cod and Nantucket embayments.

United States v. Miami-Dade County

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Fla.
Status: Order issued denying Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper's motion to reopen case. [ 05/08/2014 ]
Description: Enforcement suit alleging violations of Clean Water Act in which Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper and Key Biscayne resident intervened to request, among other things, that climate change impacts be considered.

Conservation Law Foundation v. McCarthy

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Settlement agreement filed providing for eventual dismissal of action after certain activities were completed. [ 11/17/2014 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA’s oversight of water quality management on Cape Cod.