There are currently six Senate bills pending in the Michigan Legislature which, if passed, would significantly overhaul Michigan’s environmental remediation programs and drastically alter brownfield redevelopment in Michigan. These six Senate bills…
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Who owns the land under the water? Can I install a dock in front of my house? Where can I moor my boat? What can I do if my neighbor’s dock encroaches onto my property? These questions all refer to a landowner’s riparian rights. Etymologically, …
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Kuhn Rogers’ attorneys recently overturned a denial by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (MDEGLE) of a wetland permit. Significantly, the court held that the Administrative Law Judge initially deciding the matter im…
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After a nearly two-decades-long dispute about whether the Sackett family violated the Clean Water Act’s stringent dredge and fill provision in the process of constructing their single-family, Idaho home, the United States Supreme Court has finally…
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The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (“PACA”) 7 USC §499a, et seq., is a federal statute which provides certain protections for unpaid suppliers, sellers or agents relating to the purchase or sale of any perishable agricultural commodity.…
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In what has become an annual process over the last three years, the Michigan Legislature has, again, amended Michigan’s primary Environmental Remediation Statute, known as Part 201 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, P.A. 451…
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