In Santa Monica Baykeeper v. City of Malibu, the Court of Appeal considered Santa Monica Baykeeper’s (“Plaintiff”) claim that the City of Malibu (“City”) abused its discretion in certifying the environmental impact report (“EIR”) for the City’s Legacy Park project (“Project”) because it failed to adequately analyze (1) construction-related water quality impacts; (2) the impact of using treated effluent from the adjoining Malibu Lumber Yard; and (3) cumulative groundwater impacts of the project. The appellate court concluded that the construction-related water quality impacts were moot since the Project had already been constructed during the pendency of the appeal[1], and that there was substantial evidence to support the City’s findings that the Project’s use of Lumber Yard wastewater effluent and stormwater did not create a cumulative groundwater impact within an area of the City known for significant … [Read more...] about Court Affirms CEQA Does Not Require Cumulative Impact Analysis Where Project Makes No Contribution to Groundwater Impacts
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Millions braced as massive hurricane nears US east coast
News / UK and world by Press Association September 11, 2018, 2:47 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Millions of Americans are preparing for what could be one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the eastern seaboard in decades. Hurricane Florence’s top winds dipped to 130mph on Tuesday morning, but it remains a Category 4 storm and is expected to approach Category 5 status as it slows and strengthens over warm ocean water off the coast of North and South Carolina. The centre of the storm is forecast to meander Thursday, Friday and Saturday over a stretch of coastline saturated by rising seas, inundating several states with rainfall and triggering life-threatening floods. “Please be prepared, be careful and be SAFE!” President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday evening. Mandatory evacuations are under way for parts of three east coast states. South Carolina’s governor ordered the evacuation of the … [Read more...] about Millions braced as massive hurricane nears US east coast
Exodus grows as motorists flee from ‘big and vicious’ Hurricane Florence
News / World by Press Association 11/09/2018, 10:04 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Motorists streamed inland on roads converted to one-way evacuation routes as about 1.7 million people in three US states were warned to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a hair-raising storm taking dead aim at the Carolinas with 130mph winds and potentially ruinous rains. Florence was expected to blow ashore late Thursday or early Friday, then slow down and wring itself out for days, unloading one to two and a half feet of rain that could cause flooding well inland and wreak environmental havoc by washing over industrial waste sites and hog farms. Forecasters and politicians pleaded with the public to take the warnings seriously and minced no words in describing the threat. “This storm is a monster. It’s big and it’s vicious. It is an extremely, dangerous, life-threatening, historic hurricane,” said … [Read more...] about Exodus grows as motorists flee from ‘big and vicious’ Hurricane Florence
5.4M People Under Hurricane Watches, Warnings
Motorists streamed inland on highways converted to one-way evacuation routes Tuesday as about 1.7 million people in three states were warned to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a hair-raising storm taking dead aim at the Carolinas with 140 mph (225 kph) winds and potentially ruinous rains. Florence was expected to blow ashore late Thursday or early Friday, then slow down and wring itself out for days, unloading 1 to 2½ feet (0.3 to 0.6 meters) of rain that could cause flooding well inland and wreak environmental havoc by washing over industrial waste sites and hog farms. Forecasters and politicians pleaded with the public to take the warnings seriously and minced no words in describing the threat. "This storm is a monster. It's big and it's vicious. It is an extremely, dangerous, life-threatening, historic hurricane," North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said. Potential Hurricane Florence Storm Surge This map shows how high the storm surge from Hurricane Florence has a 1 in 10 … [Read more...] about 5.4M People Under Hurricane Watches, Warnings
Roads clogged, supplies vanish as millions try to flee Florence
This image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Florence, third from right, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, as it threatens the U.S. East Coast. At right is Hurricane Helene, and second from right is Tropical Storm Isaac. (NOAA via AP)This GOES East satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, and provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic Ocean as it threatens the U.S. East Coast, including Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina. Millions of Americans are preparing for what could be one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern Seaboard in decades. Mandatory evacuations begin at noon Tuesday, for parts of the Carolinas and Virginia (NOAA via AP)Police cars block the Ashley Phosphate Road exit ramp off Interstate 26 in North Charleston, S.C., as both sides of the highway flow westbound toward Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, in preparation for Hurricane Florence. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)People drive over a drawbridge in Wrightsville … [Read more...] about Roads clogged, supplies vanish as millions try to flee Florence