WOTUS 2020

February 2018

On February 6, 2018, the EPA and Department of the Army published a final rule to the [...]

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Holy Tricolored Bat, Man!  USFWS Invites Comments on Tricolored Bat Threatened or Endangered Species Listing

February 2018

The tricolored bat may soon be listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This [...]

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MBTA Incidental Take Changes

February 2018

The Department of the Interior's change in MBTA interpretation allows project developers to avoid the delays typically [...]

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Increasing MD Forest Conservation?

February 2018

Public and private development projects in Maryland will be facing much tougher forest conservation measures if the [...]

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COE Civil Penalties

November 2017

The civil penalties charged by federal agencies increased drastically to comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation [...]

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Montgomery Co. Burial Law

November 2017

The Montgomery County Council voted unanimously to pass Bill 24-17 requiring MNCPPC to create and update an [...]

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PG County Modifying ETM

November 2017

To streamline the environmental approval process, Prince George’s County, MD is proposing changes to its Environmental Technical [...]

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FAST-41

September 2017

Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41) created a new process to improve and [...]

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WOTUS Rescinded

August 2017

The EPA and Corps of Engineers are pitching out the controversial 2015 WOTUS Rule, recodifying the rules [...]

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