South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

May 15, 2026

Environmental – 401 Water Quality Certification – Construction of New Natural Gas Pipeline

The Administrative Law Court (ALC) did not err in allowing construction of a new natural gas pipeline, finding ample evidence supported the project’s necessity, environmental safeguards, and regulatory compliance. We […]

Feb 27, 2025

Environmental – Endangered Species Act of 1973 – National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

Appellants do not have a sufficient likelihood of success on the merits of their claims that a permit issued pursuant to the Clean Water Act violates both the Endangered Species […]

Jul 18, 2023

9th Circuit denies bid by environmentalists and tribes to block Nevada lithium mine

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction of a huge lithium mine already in the works along the Nevada-Oregon line was denied […]

Sep 7, 2018

Administrative – Rule Promulgation – Environmental – ‘Waters of the United States’

Even though the rule in question, “the Suspension Rule,” merely suspends a controversial rule that expanded the definition as to which waters can be regulated by the U.S. government, given […]

May 18, 2018

Civil Practice – Venue & Intervention – Environmental – Administrative – EPA Rule Suspension

None of the defendants reside in the Southern District of Texas; the events leading to the suspension of an Environmental Protection Agency rule took place in Washington, D.C.; no real […]

Jul 12, 2016

Environmental – CWA Permit Challenged on Public-Health Studies

Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-122-16, 19 pp.) (Duncan, J.) No. 14-2129, July 8, 2016; USDC at Charleston, W.Va. (Copenhaver, J.) […]

Jul 12, 2016

Environmentalists, utilities eye Richmond coal ash trial

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Potentially cleaner rivers or possible higher electric prices. That is what’s at stake in an upcoming federal court ruling in Virginia that could have far-reaching effects […]

Sep 24, 2015

Environmental — Tort/Negligence – Statute of Elizabeth – Corporate Distributions – CERCLA Clean Up Costs

PCS Nitrogen, Inc. v. Ross Development Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-150-15, 57 pp.) (Margaret Seymour, S.J.) 2:09-cv-03171; D.S.C. Holding: Where the defendant-directors made extra distributions to the defendant-shareholders twice – […]

Jul 8, 2015

Environmental — CWA Permits No Bar to RCRA Claims

Goldfarb v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-122-15, 40 pp.) (Agee, J.) No. 14-1825, July 1, 2015; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Bennett, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: […]

Jun 24, 2015

Environmental — Salt Marsh Conversion Claim Is Moot

South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-107-15, 22 pp.) (Hamilton, J.) No. 14-1796, June 17, 2015; USDC at Charleston, S.C. (Gergel, J.) […]

May 19, 2015

Environmental — CERCLA – Clean-Up Costs – Contribution

PCS Nitrogen, Inc. v. Ross Development Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-091-15, 27 pp.) (Margaret Seymour, S.J.) 2:14-cv-04252; D.S.C. Holding: Since plaintiff meets one of the requirements for suit under § […]

Mar 25, 2015

Environmental — No CERLCA Liability in Transformer Sales

Consolidation Coal Co. v. Georgia Power Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-056-15, 62 pp.) (Agee, J.) No. 13-1603, March 20, 2015; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Flanagan, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In […]