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  1. July 17, 2015

    The Biggest Environmental Cases Of 2015: Midyear Report

    The environmental bar saw much excitement in the first half of 2015, as the U.S. Supreme Court told the EPA to have another look at its plan to control mercury emissions and the Third Circuit upheld an ambitious EPA plan to control pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. Here Law360 takes a look at some of the highest-profile environmental cases to be decided so far in 2015.

  2. July 06, 2015

    3rd Circ. Upholds EPA's Chesapeake Bay Pollution Limits

    The Third Circuit upheld a set of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pollution restrictions for the Chesapeake Bay watershed on Monday, rejecting arguments from agriculture and construction groups that the agency lacked authority to implement a program coordinating outflows in multiple states.

  3. November 18, 2014

    Farm Groups Ask 3rd Circ. To Kill EPA Chesapeake Bay Plan

    A set of agriculture and construction groups on Tuesday asked the Third Circuit to overturn a 2013 decision upholding a set of federal pollution restrictions for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, arguing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority.

  4. June 23, 2014

    Pa. GOP Lawmakers Decry EPA Chesapeake Plan To 3rd Circ.

    Five Pennsylvania Republicans were among the 39 bipartisan members of Congress who Friday asked the Third Circuit to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing a regional water cleanup plan for the Chesapeake Bay, calling it regulatory overreach.

  5. May 28, 2014

    Fla. AG Urged To Not Challenge Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

    A group of 50 organizations and businesses in Florida on Tuesday sent a letter to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, asking her to withdraw her support for an agriculture industry challenge in the Third Circuit to pollution standards imposed in the Chesapeake Bay.

  6. May 09, 2014

    High Court Air Ruling Justifies Water Plan, EPA Tells 3rd Circ.

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told the Third Circuit on Wednesday that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision backing federal cross-state air pollution regulation justifies a regional water cleanup plan for the Chesapeake Bay that is being challenged by states and agricultural groups.

  7. April 10, 2014

    Va. Defends EPA Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan

    The state of Virginia on Wednesday asked the Third Circuit to side with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in its fight against an agriculture industry challenge to pollution standards imposed in Chesapeake Bay.

  8. April 04, 2014

    EPA Tells 3rd Circ. Water Regs Apply Federalism Principles

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday defended its pollution rules for the Chesapeake Bay watershed as a model of cooperative federalism, urging the Third Circuit to affirm a lower court ruling backing the agency's restrictions on nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment.

  9. February 04, 2014

    21 States Tell 3rd Circ. EPA Water Standards Violate CWA

    Florida, Texas and 19 other states have joined agricultural groups challenging federal pollution restrictions for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, lodging an amicus brief in the Third Circuit on Monday arguing that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is encroaching on state land-use decisions.