court updates

Updated: June 13, 2025

FEDERAL

Case NumberCourtTitle
2025 WL 938104
No. 23-40555
5th CircuitIndigenous Peoples of Coastal Bend v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
2025 WL 896335
4:19-CV-4006-LLP
United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Southern DivisionR.D. Offutt Farms Co. v. White Earth Division of Natural Resources, et al.
2025 WL 993525
24-cv-128-jdp
United States District Court, W.D. WisconsinCourte Oreilles Lakes Association Inc., et al. v. Zawistowski

TRIBAL

None as of June 13th, 2025.

STATE

Case NumberCourtTitle
2025 WL 554844
No. 369156,

No. 369157,
No. 369159,
No. 369161,
No. 369162,
No. 369163,
No. 369165,
No. 369231
Court of Appeals of MichiganIn re Enbridge Energy to Replace and Relocate Line 5
administrative updates

Updated: June 18, 2025
Additional Resource: Regulatory Tracker – Environmental and Energy Law Program (https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/tracker-type/regulatory-tracker/)

FEDERAL AGENCY RULEMAKING

DateRelevant AuthorityAgencyTitle
5/29/2025Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. v. Eagle County, Colorado, et al, Case No. 23-975 (Supreme Court)Federal Agencies in GeneralJUDICIAL INTERPRETATION
Review of NEPA documents does not require agencies to consider the environmental effects of upstream or downstream projects that are separate in time or place from the proposed action subject to NEPA review.
5/22/2025Kāpa‘a, Conservation Council for Hawaii, and Center for Biological Diversity v. Trump et al., Case No. 1:25-cv-00209 (D. HawNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)RULE ROLL BACK
Marine National Monuments & Marine Sanctuaries
EO 14276: Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness
Presidential Proc. 10918: Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific
5/14/202540 CFR Parts 141 and 142Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)PROPOSED RULE; REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2025 Pacific Whiting Tribal Allocation and 2025 Incidental Set-Aside
Marine National Monuments & Marine Sanctuaries
5/9/2025State of Washington, et al. v. Trump, et al, No. 2:25-cv-00869 (W.D. Wash. at Seattle)Bureau of Land Management (BLM)RULE ROLLBACK
Alternative Arrangements for NEPA Compliance
 
Department of the Interior Departmental Manual, 516 DM 11
4/17/202590 CFR 15675National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), CommercePROPOSED RULE; REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2025 Pacific Whiting Tribal Allocation and 2025 Incidental Set-Aside
Marine National Monuments & Marine Sanctuaries
4/15/202550 CFR Part 17  
50 CFR Part 222
Department of Interior (DOI), Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Commerce, NOAAPROPOSED RULE; REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
Endangered Species Act Regulations – Rescinding Definition of “Harm”
3/24/2025PROPOSED RULE; REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
Endangered Species Act Regulations – Rescinding Definition of “Harm”
Army Corps,  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Defining Waters of the United States (WOTUS)
Administrator Zeldin Announces EPA Will Revise Waters of the United States Rule | US EPA
3/12/202540 CFR Part 423EPAPower Plant Effluent Limits
2/14/2015EPA-R10-OW-2022-0418; FRL 10624-01-OWEPABristol Bay and the Pebble Mine
1/29/202540 CFR Parts 121, 122, and 124EPASection 401 Water Quality Certification
1/28/2025Case Filed Challenging Continued Operation of PipelineArmy CorpsThe Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)
1/10/202590 FR 1909EPAPROPOSED RULE; WITHDRAWAL
Federal Baseline Water Quality Standards for Indian Reservations; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule
EPA Withdrew Proposed Rule for Tribal Water Quality Standards
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