• County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, No. 18-260, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case involving pollution discharges under the...
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  • v. United States Army Corps of Eng'rs, County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, and United States v. Riverside Bayview. "Evolution of the Meaning of "Waters...
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    County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, the Court also validated that some discharges may not be point sources, but are the "functional equivalent of...
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    Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection (2006) Rapanos v. United States (2006) County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund (2020) Sackett v. Environmental...
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    Susan Oki Mollway (category Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii)
    the decision in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund. In 2015, Mollway again ruled in favor of environmentalists who accused the Navy of threatening marine...
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    In early August 2023, a series of wildfires broke out in the U.S. state of Hawaii, predominantly on the island of Maui. The wind-driven fires prompted...
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  • Court of the United States. In 2020 the Court ruled in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund that injection wells may be the "functional equivalent of a...
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  • some degree of deference under the old standard of Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 323 U.S. 134 (1944). The majority in Christensen v. Harris County (2000) suggested...
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  • in "bona fide tribal religious ceremonies." The United States Fish and Wildlife Service issues permits for otherwise prohibited activities under the act...
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    (a trust fund) and seek to recover those costs from the responsible parties through settlements or other legal means. Approximately 70% of Superfund...
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    Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act, and Wildlife Act. The new Wildlife (Protected Wildlife Species) Rules 2020 marks the first instance in Singapore's...
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    The United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement contributes to Service efforts to manage ecosystems, save endangered species, conserve...
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    Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022. "Birth of a National Park". National Park Service. February 5, 2020. Archived from the...
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    The act authorizes roughly $280 billion in new funding to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States, for which...
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  • Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555 (1992), was a landmark Supreme Court of the United States decision, handed down on June 12, 1992, that heightened...
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    Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from April 2024)
    cybersecurity. The infrastructure law created the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program with $350 million in funding over five years. This is a competitive grant...
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    the American Families Plan (AFP) was a proposal to fund a variety of social policy initiatives, some of which (e.g. paid family leave) had never before been...
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  • The Lacey Act of 1900 is a conservation law in the United States that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed...
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    Wyoming. Region 9: responsible within the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the territories of Guam and American Samoa, and the Navajo Nation...
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  • Maui Film Festival Māui (Hawaiian mythology) Maui High School Maui Invitational Tournament Maui Nui Maui Nui Botanical Gardens Maui Ocean Center Maui...
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    Coastal Zone Management Fund 16 U.S.C. § 1456b. Coastal Zone Enhancement Grants Grants will be subject to the limitations of the goals of coastal zone enhancement...
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    likely to be remedied by a favorable decision as stated in Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 112 S. Ct. 2130, 119 L. Ed. 2d 351 (1992) on pages...
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  • the Department of the Interior and Department of Defense with state agencies in planning, development and maintenance of fish and wildlife resources on...
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    Breyer wrote the majority opinion in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund. The Court ruled that the County of Maui must have a permit under the Clean...
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  • 40 CFR 156.62, the EPA established four Toxicity Categories for acute hazards of pesticide products, with "Category I" being the highest toxicity category...
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    land-managing agency, including the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service,...
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  • West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, 597 U.S. 697 (2022), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court relating to the Clean Air Act,...
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    The National Priorities List (NPL) is the priority list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial investigation and...
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    whether the benefits of a drinking water standard justify the costs. Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. States can use this fund to help water systems...
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    is in need of repair, or removal, when it is necessary to protect human health and the environment. The amendments established a trust fund to pay for...
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