DAWDA MANN’S ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PRACTICE INCLUDES:

Major Change In Land Use Laws For Solar And Wind Developments

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Land use approvals for solar and wind developments will no longer be subject to spotty and sometimes arbitrary local zoning ordinances.  They will now be approved under new renewable energy laws which give most of [...]

Von Duprin LLC v Major Holdings LLC: The hard lesson of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments that Don’t Comply with Regulatory Requirements

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Real estate attorneys generally know the importance of obtaining a current Phase I Environmental Site Assessment ("Phase I") as part of a real estate acquisition for a client. Doing so allows the buyer to limit [...]

Suit results in change to brook trout regulation in the UP

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Originally published in Michigan Trout Unlimited In November 2019, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission voted 3-2 to amend Fisheries Order 200.20 to reinstate a 10 brook trout daily bag limit regulation on 33 sections of [...]

PFAS and Professional Baseball

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by Brian Considine You have probably heard many concerns being raised about something called PFAS. PFAS stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which are a group of widely used compounds that have been used in [...]

What is the Mackinac Bridge Authority (and what does it have to do with a pipeline)?

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By Sue Sadler. The Mackinac Bridge Authority is a seven-member Board that was established in the 1950s that provides oversight, legal and financial services to maintain the Mackinac Bridge. In October 2018, Governor Snyder appointed [...]

Michigan’s New Environmental Science Advisory Board

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By Brian Considine. On October 4, 2018, Governor Snyder appointed members to the newly created Environmental Science Advisory Board. The individuals are: Kimberlee Kearfott, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, biomedical engineering and applied [...]