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D.C. Circuit orders agencies to regulate air tours

by E&E News | May 1, 2020
“A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is forcing agencies to carry out statutory obligations on national park flight tours after a “nineteen-year holdup.” The groups Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the ...

DC Circ. Slams Feds For 19 Years Of Stasis On Park Flyovers

by Law360 | May 1, 2020
“The D.C. Circuit said Friday that 19 years of delay fueled by turf wars between the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Park Service has forced the court to set a deadline for the government to develop plans to manage air tours around national parks.” Read the ...

Utah national parks prepare to reopen, but don’t expect a normal park experience

by The Salt Lake Tribune | May 1, 2020
“Bryce Canyon, Utah’s last national park to close as the coronavirus swept the nation, is poised to be the first to resume operations May 6 even as new infections climb in other parts of the state. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility this week renewed its long- ...

Court gives goverment two years to regulate air tours at national parks

by The Hill | May 1, 2020
“A federal court has ruled that the National Park Service (NPS) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must regulate air tours at national parks within two years. The ruling comes after a lawsuit by the groups Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and Hawaii ...

Court Orders National Park Service, Federal Aviation Administration To Develop Air Tour Guidelines

by National Parks Traveler | May 1, 2020
“A federal court, noting that National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration have failed for 19 years to develop air tour management plans for national parks, on Friday ordered the agencies to get the work done. “For almost 20 years, the FAA and the NPS have allowed an ...

Trump calls for national parks to reopen. Advocates say it’s too soon

by USA Today | April 30, 2020
“President Donald Trump beamed from behind the White House lectern. While delivering a speech at an Earth Day celebration last week — which coincided with National Park Week 2020 — the president said he had good news to share. “Thanks to our significant progress against the ...

Enviros sue to stop ‘unreasonably narrow’ Trump wetland rule

by E&E News | April 29, 2020
“Environmental groups launched their legal assault on the Trump administration’s Clean Water Act rule today, filing a lawsuit that claims it would have “devastating consequences on water quality across the country.” The Southern Environmental Law Center also led a ...

What could have been

by Politico | April 29, 2020
“Two watchdog groups said they’ll sue the Interior Department if Secretary David Bernhardt keeps in place the acting director authority for two leaders at the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service. Bernhardt earlier this month extended the tenures of several ...

Groups to Interior: See you in court if Pendley reappointed

by The Daily Sentinel | April 29, 2020
“Two activist groups have told Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to expect a lawsuit if he further extends the temporary assignments of William Perry Pendley as head of the Bureau of Land Management and David Vela as head of the National Park Service. Public Employees for ...

PEER: Perfect Time For National Parks To Hew To Carrying Capacities

by National Parks Traveler | April 29, 2020
“With planning now underway for how best to open national parks that have been closed by the coronavirus pandemic, it’s the perfect time for superintendents to institute visitor carrying capacities that Congress long ago called for, according to Public Employees for ...

Groups threaten suit as Interior repeatedly fills top posts with ‘temporary’ leaders

by The Hill | April 28, 2020
“Two environmental watchdog groups are threatening to sue the Department of the Interior for continuously filling top posts with temporary orders — a move that skirts Senate confirmation. President Trump hasn’t nominated a permanent director for either the Bureau of Land ...

Groups threaten to sue over acting chiefs

by E&E News | April 28, 2020
“Two advocacy groups are threatening to sue Interior Secretary David Bernhardt if he allows the acting directors of the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service to remain in place after their terms expire next week. Bernhardt earlier this month signed an amended order ...

Coronavirus Roundup: SBA Resumes Accepting Loan Applications; Second Navy Ship With Virus Outbreak Returns Home

by Government Executive | April 27, 2020
“The nonprofit advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said on Monday as the national parks reopen they must confront their “chronic crippling overcrowding” problem. The 1978 National Parks and Recreation Act “requires ‘visitor carrying capacities for ...

Bernhardt: We will reopen sites ‘as rapidly as possible’

by E&E News | April 27, 2020
“At President Trump’s order, national parks across the country will reopen “as rapidly as possible,” Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said in a weekend tweet. The advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said the Park Service must take ...

Tennessee pollution regulators are still issuing permits and holding public hearings on proposed waste dumps despite a suspension of in-person proceedings amid the COVID-19 pandemic

by Knox News | April 27, 2020
“Tennessee pollution regulators are still issuing permits and holding public hearings on proposed waste dumps despite a suspension of in-person proceedings amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a Knox News review shows. State attorneys general in 14 states, including Michigan, New York, ...

Text Messages Show Trump’s Top Offshore Safety Regulator Trawling for Industry Praise

by Slate | April 24, 2020
“Scott Angelle, director of the Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, brought a very particular set of relationships to his job running the government agency largely responsible for regulating the offshore oil and gas industry. Angelle’s ...

Coronavirus Roundup: Massive Telework Expansion at EPA and USAID; Trump Seeks to Reopen National Parks

by Government Executive | April 23, 2020
“The nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said on Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency’s new guidelines for those working on toxic cleanups is confusing for employees. “EPA’s translation of this CDC guidance remains somewhat opaque” on what ...

EPA is abandoning those suffering from toxic PFAS pollution

by The Hill | April 23, 2020
“This marks the latest in a decades-long string of failures by EPA to protect Americans from these dangerous chemicals. Even as the scientific case for regulation grows clearer and more urgent every year, the EPA under President Trump delays and obfuscates. While the number of sites ...

Group blasts COVID-19 guidance as ‘downright unhelpful’

by E&E News | April 23, 2020
“A government watchdog group is raising questions about EPA protocols for its inspectors after obtaining a copy of the agency’s health guidance for the COVID-19 pandemic. The group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), charged that the agency’s ...

EPA Steps Up Health Protocol for Cleanup at Toxic Waste Sites

by Bloomberg Law | April 23, 2020
“Emergency medical technicians and thermometers should be on hand when conducting toxic waste cleanups to reduce exposure to the coronavirus, the EPA said in an internal memo released Wednesday. The memo was obtained by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and ...
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