Publications

All cities with ongoing Tax Increment Financing (“TIF”) projects must submit annual reports to the Property Tax Administrator by December 1, 2021.  The report must include the following for each TIF project approved by the city: (1) A copy of the redevelopment plan (and any amendments thereto) including the approval […]

The Biden Administration is expanding the scope of federal jurisdiction by amending the definition of the term ‘waters of the United States.’ Do you need a permit? The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. (the “CWA”) is the primary federal statute regulating water quality in the United […]

The Trump administration had limited application of County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, allowing some unintentional discharges to go without a permit.  That limitation is no longer in place.   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) recently rescinded its Trump-era guidance for indirect discharges of pollutants under the […]

Millions rely on interstate groundwater for municipal, agricultural, or industrial uses.  The Supreme Court has never determined how to allot it. On October 4, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Mississippi v. Tennessee, S. Ct. Orig. No. 143, an interstate fight over the groundwater in the Sparta-Memphis […]

On November 10, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (“Task Force”) updated its Guidance document  and FAQ site to extend the deadline by which covered contractor employees must be fully vaccinated.  The original Guidance required covered contract employees to be fully vaccinated by December 8, 2021.  That date was recently […]