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Advocacy Groups File Endangered Species Act Suit Against Virginia Offshore Wind Project
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Advocacy Groups File Endangered Species Act Suit Against Virginia Offshore Wind Project

On March 18, three advocacy organizations and their members filed a lawsuit challenging an offshore wind project against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The lawsuit alleges that the Biological Opinion (BiOp) issued by NMFS for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project violates the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) because it fails to adequately analyze the project's impacts on the endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). … 

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Tags: Administrative Procedure Act, appeal, best available data, Biological Opinion, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, coastal development, commercial fishing, compensatory mitigation, Cumulative Impacts, Endangered, endangered species act, Energy Infrastraucture, Environmental Impact Statement, Incidental, Incidental take, lawsuit, Marine Mammal Protection Act, National Environmental Policy Act, National Marine Fisheries Service, North Atlantic Right Whale, Notice of Intent to Sue, offshore wind, project, Vineyard Wind, whales
Federal Court Dismisses Fishing Industry Challenge to Massachusetts Offshore Wind Project
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Posted in Conservation, Construction Projects, Endangered Species Act, Litigation, National Marine Fisheries Service, NEPA, Off Shore Wind, project
Federal Court Dismisses Fishing Industry Challenge to Massachusetts Offshore Wind Project

On Thursday, October 12, 2023, Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment in favor of the United States Department of the Interior and Vineyard Wind, and denied summary judgment to the plaintiffs in two cases challenging federal authorizations for the Vineyard Wind project: Seafreeze Shoreside, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Interior (Seafreeze) and Responsible Offshore Development Alliance v. U.S. Department of Interior (RODA). In both cases, the plaintiffs sought to overturn the federal approvals for the ...

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Tags: APA, BOEM, commercial fishing, construction, CWA, electric transmission, environmental litigation, ESA, Interior, Marine Mammal Protection Act, NEPA, NMFS, offshore wind, Section 404, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vineyard Wind, wind energy
Resolve to Learn More About Endangered Species and the Environment with Nossaman in 2019!
Posted in Conservation, Continuing Education, Critical Habitat, Fish & Wildlife Service, Legal, Litigation, National Marine Fisheries Service, NEPA, Pacific Northwest, Regulatory Reform, SEPA, Speaking Engagements, Texas

Nossaman’s Environmental Practice attorneys will be off to a great start in 2019 presenting at many key events around the U.S. focused on endangered species and environmental issues.

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Nossaman’s Endangered Species Law & Policy blog focuses on news, events, and policies affecting endangered species issues in California and throughout the United States. Topics include listing and critical habitat decisions, conservation and recovery planning, inter-agency consultation, and related developments in law, policy, and science. We also inform readers about regulatory and legislative developments, as well as key court decisions.

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