Alaskan & Indian Enterprises Industry
Issue Alerts
Public Lands and Natural Resources Update - November 23, 2009
Jon Simon, Matthew Love, Sam Kalen, Jeff Winmill, Tyson Kade, Ashley GarberNovember 23, 2009
Van Ness Feldman's Public Lands and Natural Resources Update is a regular summary of noteworthy policy, regulatory, and litigation developments relating to federal lands and natural resources. To receive the Update via email, please subscribe here: http://www.vnf.com/news-signup.html.
Public Lands and Natural Resources Update - July 15, 2009
Jon Simon, Matthew Love, Sam Kalen, Tyson Kade, Andrew VanderJack, Jeff WinmillJuly 15, 2009
Van Ness Feldman's Public Lands and Natural Resources Update is a regular summary of noteworthy policy, regulatory, and litigation developments relating to federal lands and natural resources. To receive the Update via email, please subscribe here. http://www.vnf.com/news-signup.html
Supreme Court Holds that Mine Tailings May Be Regulated as “Fill Material” under the Clean Water Act
John Iani, Andrew VanderJackJune 24, 2009
On Monday, June 22, 2009, the Supreme Court, in Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council et al., reversed a decision of the Ninth Circuit that had invalidated a permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for the discharge of mine slurry from an Alaska gold mine into a lake located three miles from the mine site.
Public Lands and Natural Resources Update - April 7, 2009
Jonathan Simon, Mathew Love, Sam Kalen, Jeffery WinmillApril 7, 2009
Van Ness Feldman's Public Lands and Natural Resources Update is a regular summary of noteworthy policy, regulatory, and litigation developments relating to federal lands and natural resources. To receive the Update via email, please subscribe here. http://www.vnf.com/news-signup.html
Federal Agencies Propose Environmental Rules for Energy Projects on Indian Reservations
Dan Press, Sheri SpangVan Ness Feldman Issue Alert
September 7, 2006
Federal agencies recently issued two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking for regulations describing proposed new requirements and procedures for environmental approvals of projects on Indian reservations. These regulations have the potential to cause significant and largely favorable changes in how companies, and particularly energy companies, conduct business on Indian reservations.
Seminars & Events
Law Seminars International: Endangered Species Act - Impacts on Alaska
Anchorage Civic & Convention Dena'ina Center, Anchorage, AKFebruary 25, 2010
John Iani, Matthew Love, and Tyson Kade are speaking at the event.
Law Seminars International Presents: Fifth Annual Comprehensive Conference on Energy in Alaska
William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center in Anchorage, AlaskaDecember 7, 2009
Tom Roberts is speaking at this event.
Striking a Balance: Communities, Commerce, and Economic Development in Southwest Alaska
Southwest Alaska Municipal ConferenceAnchorage, Alaska
February 2, 2006
John Iani spoke on fisheries rationalization and its effect on processors.
11th Annual Conference on Buying and Selling Electric Power in the West
Law Seminars InternationalSeattle, Washington
January 19, 2006
Doug Smith addressed what FERC's authorities under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 mean for the Pacific Northwest.
Energy in Alaska
Law Seminars InternationalAnchorage, Alaska
September 17, 2005
Doug Smith spoke on the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Curt Moffatt spoke on Development Incentives, particularly, "The Likely Impact of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Open Seasons Regulations on the Development of Oil and Gas Resources in Alaska."