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The New Dirt on Brownfields
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:22:27-05:00Saturday, April 10th, 2004|Categories: Environmental Law|
The Maryland General Assembly has enacted significant and positive improvements to the State’s Brownfields programs that will make many more properties prime for redevelopment. House Bill 294 expands eligibility for the Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP), including now allowing oil contaminated properties to enter that program; ...
EPA and Army Corps Wetland Decision Not To Define ‘Navigable Waters’ Leaves Uncertainty
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:22:28-05:00Saturday, January 10th, 2004|Categories: Environmental Law|
On December 16, 2003, the same day the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers announced that they would not issue a new rule clarifying federal jurisdiction on what waters are subject to wetland regulation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th ...
Mold will be the Hottest Environmental Issue in Year 2004
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:22:26-05:00Wednesday, December 10th, 2003|Categories: Environmental Law|
“If when the priest examines the plague, the plague in the walls of the house is found to consist of greenish or reddish streaks that appear to go deep into the wall, the priest shall come out of the house and close up the house ...
New Zoning Variance Decision is “Much Ado About Nothing”
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:16:55-05:00Monday, November 10th, 2003|Categories: Land Use Law|
Much attention is being paid to a recent decision by the Court of Appeals of Maryland that vacated an order of the Wicomico County Board of Zoning Appeals because the Board improperly denied a variance request to build a hunting camp within the Chesapeake Bay ...
Options Exist To Change FEMA Floodplain Determination
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:22:29-05:00Wednesday, September 10th, 2003|Categories: Environmental Law|
At a time when the Federal Emergency Management Agency is about to launch an effort to redraw the 100,000 flood maps across the country, it is important to be aware what options exist if a property owner disagrees with a floodplain determination. In the parlance ...
High Court to Determine Who Owns the Waters of the Potomac
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:21:55-05:00Wednesday, September 10th, 2003|Categories: Environmental Law|
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments during the first week of October to determine who owns the waters of the Potomac River, deciding whether Maryland can prevent Virginia from drawing water from a newly constructed intake pipe in the middle of the ...
A Brief History of Zoning in Maryland
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:16:58-05:00Sunday, August 10th, 2003|Categories: Land Use Law|
Zoning is a relatively new invention in Maryland. Zoning did not exist when the province of Maryland was first granted in 1634 and it was not until nearly 300 years later that the courts first upheld the enactment of a zoning ordinance in Baltimore City. ...
Demolition of Premises Does Not Terminate Obligation to Pay Rent by Prior Tenant
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:18:21-05:00Sunday, August 10th, 2003|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Circuit City defaulted on a 20-year lease in the Wintergreen Plaza Shopping Center when the electronics retailer relocated to a different Rockville Pike shopping center in violation of a “continuous operation” provision of the lease. And in this case, instructive to landlords and tenants alike, ...




