Joseph Fagan was quoted in an article, "Skeptical Courts May Undermine Trump's Energy Project Push," published in Law360. The article discusses the impact of recent court rulings ordering federal agencies to analyze the climate change impacts of fossil fuel projects, as they relate to President Donald Trump's March 28 executive order which aims to remove regulatory barriers to energy production, as well as his Aug. 15 executive order calling for a streamlined and accelerated infrastructure permitting process. "The Trump administration's executive orders are intended to speed up the process, but may slow it down if the result is that agency decisions are more vulnerable to judicial review because they skipped a step," Fagan told Law360. He added that most developers know what laws like NEPA require them to do and are savvy enough to try to avoid making their projects vulnerable to a court appeal, regardless of what the current presidential administration may be thinking. "They have to look at the long game," Fagan told Law360. "There's no impetus in Congress to amend the Natural Gas Act, or NEPA, despite that being a bugaboo of certain political groups."
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Day Pitney client alert, "NJDEP Adopts Environmental Justice Rules," was featured in EHS Daily Advisor article, "Environmental Justice in Action."
Day Pitney is sponsoring the upcoming New England Energy Conference and Exposition (NEECE), which is being held in Providence on June 7-8.
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Day Pitney Energy Senior Associate Rosendo Garza Jr. was featured in the Law360 Pulse article, "Former Conn. State Secretary, Law Dean Among Bar Honorees."
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Day Pitney Land Use team represented Spring Grove Property LLC before the Borough of New Providence Board of Adjustments in its application for amended site plan, conditional use and variance approval in connection with an addition to its existing nursing home facility, to provide for on-site dialysis and more private rooms.
Day Pitney New Jersey Real Estate Counsel Amanda M. Curley has been awarded the contract to serve another year as the Hudson County Planning Board Attorney.
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