Environmental Law

Decision

A.J.K. LLC v. City of Torrington, Inland Wetland Commission

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Monday, May 6, 2013

When an inland-wetlands agency votes to extend a permit, it may not be allowed to add a condition to the terms of the original permit.

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Sims v. Department of Environmental Protection

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Monday, April 29, 2013

By exercising jurisdiction under both Connecticut General Statutes §22a-361 and §22a-108 of the Coastal Management Act, the Department of Environmental Protection could assert jurisdiction over an entire seawall, not just portions constructed waterward of the high tide line in violation of C.G.S. §22a-361.

Land Use & Environmental Law

Monday, April 8, 2013

Flood insurance rate maps; environmental "sandbagging";FTC primer on VOC claims; new urbanism; zoning diligence; zoning interpretation; addressing indoor air contamination

Decision

Commissioner of Environmental Protection v. Farricielli

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Monday, February 18, 2013

Tenants who subsequently enter properties affected by injunctions imposed by courts to protect the public interest share the necessary identity of legal interest with the owners of such properties to render those orders enforceable against them as nonparties.

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Fort Trumbull Conservancy, LLC v. Alves

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Monday, January 21, 2013

For claims under Connecticut General Statutes §22a-16, the plaintiff was required to prove that the conduct of the defendants, alone or in combination with others, very likely caused not merely a de minimis pollution, impairment or destruction of a natural resource, but an unreasonable one.

Decision

Fairwindct Inc. v. Connecticut Siting Council

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Monday, October 29, 2012

The Connecticut Siting Council did not exceed its authority to regulate facilities that use "fuel," which is defined as "any other resource yielding energy," when it issued declaratory rulings on noise pollution at proposed wind farms.

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Miller v. Environmental Protection Commission of the Town of Darien

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Plaintiffs may appeal the denial of their request to amend an inland wetlands and watercourses map, even if their subsequent application is granted, if the conditions attached to the subsequent application require that the plaintiffs submit to ongoing inspections.

News

UConn Conference Examines Claims Related To Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Monday, October 8, 2012  |  by by JAY STAPLETON

Leading environmental lawyers and scholars met at the University of Connecticut School of Law late last week to discuss the future of litigation related to climate change.

Land Use & Environmental Law

Monday, October 1, 2012

Through the enactment of two public acts, the General Assembly made several changes to the Coastal Management Act and other laws which regulate activities in the coastal, tidal or navigable waters of the state.

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Shanahan v. Department Of Environmental Protection

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Monday, July 23, 2012

By its plain meaning, the term "high tide line" as used in C.G.S. §22a-359 refers to the highest point at which the water's surface intersects with the land over the course of the entire yearly tidal cycle, excluding only the extraordinary conditions created by a hurricane or other intense storm.