by Maura Fahey | Oct 1, 2015 | Environmental Health News, Land Use News, News
Earlier today, Crag filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Rogue Advocates against the Mountain View Paving asphalt batch plant to enforce the company’s Clean Air Act permit for the protection of the surrounding community. The lawsuit comes in the wake of last...
by Maura Fahey | Oct 1, 2015 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
Yesterday a federal court in California denied a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its allowance of pesticide-contaminated compost in organic food production without a formal rulemaking and a public comment period. Crag...
by Maura Fahey | Sep 25, 2015 | Features, Land Use News, News
Yesterday Crag secured a favorable decision from a Jackson County Hearings Officer denying land use approval for an asphalt batch plant operation near Talent, Oregon. Crag client, Rogue Advocates, and local residents have spent over four years fighting to stop the...
by Maura Fahey | Sep 9, 2015 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
On September 4th, Crag Law Center secured federal court approval of an agreement to settle a lawsuit against the City of Molalla for violations of the Clean Water Act brought on behalf of local conservation group, Bear Creek Recovery. The agreement is the result of...
by Maura Fahey | Jul 13, 2015 | Features, Native Fish News, News
Last Friday, a Jackson County Hearings Officer denied an appeal of a floodplain permit for the removal of Fielder Dam in Evans Creek, a tributary to the Rogue River. Crag Law Center represented the permit applicant, Geos Institute, in defending the permit application...
