“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The nation’s laws that govern hazardous waste sites date back to the late 1970s with the discovery of thousands of barrels of toxic materials buried illegally outside of Buffalo, New York. Congress responded to Love Canal and other contaminated sites by enacting the Comprehensive Environmental ...

This checklist identifies key issues to be considered when contracting for a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment of a commercial property. When ordering a Phase II assessment, it is important to be aware of the context in which the environmental investigation is to take place. ...

In the realm of wetland regulation, it doesn’t get much bigger than the case currently before the Supreme Court challenging the very definition of “jurisdictional wetlands.” In 1986, Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) sought to develop a 533 acre landfill. The agency ...

New permits for activities in nontidal wetlands have been proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The new permits would cover most commercial and residential development and replace the general permit (known as Nationwide Permit 26) that is used in nearly 70% of projects ...

The Court of Special Appeals recently ruled that the Environmental Article of the Maryland Code does not create a cause of action for buyers of land to sue their sellers. This case of first impression arose when Torsak Rossaki purchased a piece of property from ...