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An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR, including H.R. 1. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
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NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 · third_quarter · Q3
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
Source: Senate LDA
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR, including H.R. 1. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR, including H.R. 1. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR, including H.R. 1. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR, including H.R. 1. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR, including H.R. 1. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
Water Recycling Investment and Improvement Act
Client: SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act. HR 1162, HR 2473, HR 3723, HR 4723, HR 4891, HR 5316, HR 5347
Securing Access for the central Valley and Enhancing (SAVE) Water Resources Act
Client: SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act. HR 1162, HR 2473, HR 3723, HR 4723, HR 4891, HR 5316, HR 5347
Desalination Development Act
Client: SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act. HR 1162, HR 2473, HR 3723, HR 4723, HR 4891, HR 5316, HR 5347
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act. HR 1162, HR 2473, HR 3723, HR 4723, HR 4891, HR 5316, HR 5347
Western Water Security Act of 2020
Client: SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act. HR 1162, HR 2473, HR 3723, HR 4723, HR 4891, HR 5316, HR 5347
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act. HR 1162, HR 2473, HR 3723, HR 4723, HR 4891, HR 5316, HR 5347
Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Act
Client: SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act. HR 1162, HR 2473, HR 3723, HR 4723, HR 4891, HR 5316, HR 5347
- Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, and administrative action, including allocation of assistance under the Relief Fund, Title V of Pub. Law No 116-136, that would provide relief funding to Native American communities for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, to allocate additional federal funding to Native Community Development Financial Institutions to provide assistance to Native American communities. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding rights of Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik, Alaska and Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska to access conservation units for subsistence purposes and for travel to privately held Native allotments. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding need consult and work with local and Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik related to polar bear tourism activities.
- Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, and administrative action, including allocation of assistance under the Relief Fund, Title V of Pub. Law No 116-136, that would provide relief funding to Native American communities for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, to allocate additional federal funding to Native Community Development Financial Institutions to provide assistance to Native American communities.
- Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, and administrative action, including allocation of assistance under the Relief Fund, Title V of Pub. Law No 116-136, that would provide relief funding to Native American communities for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, to allocate additional federal funding to Native Community Development Financial Institutions to provide assistance to Native American communities. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding rights of Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik, Alaska and Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska to access conservation units for subsistence purposes and for travel to privately held Native allotments. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding need consult and work with local and Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik related to polar bear tourism activities. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans.
- Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, and administrative action, including allocation of assistance under the Relief Fund, Title V of Pub. Law No 116-136, that would provide relief funding to Native American communities for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, to allocate additional federal funding to Native Community Development Financial Institutions to provide assistance to Native American communities. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding rights of Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik, Alaska and Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska to access conservation units for subsistence purposes and for travel to privately held Native allotments. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding need consult and work with local and Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik related to polar bear tourism activities. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans.
- Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation and administrative action that would provide relief funding to Indian tribes for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19.
- Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation and administrative action that would provide relief funding to Indian tribes for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19.
- Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, and administrative action, including allocation of assistance under the Relief Fund, Title V of Pub. Law No 116-136, that would provide relief funding to Native American communities for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, to allocate additional federal funding to Native Community Development Financial Institutions to provide assistance to Native American communities.
- Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, and administrative action, including allocation of assistance under the Relief Fund, Title V of Pub. Law No 116-136, that would provide relief funding to Native American communities for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, to allocate additional federal funding to Native Community Development Financial Institutions to provide assistance to Native American communities. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding rights of Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik, Alaska and Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska to access conservation units for subsistence purposes and for travel to privately held Native allotments. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding need consult and work with local and Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik related to polar bear tourism activities.
Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management. S.4589, Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2020.
Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management. S.4589, Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2020.
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Legislation including H.R. 2968 and S. 2474 to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program.
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Legislation including H.R. 2968 and S. 2474 to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program.
PAW and FIN Conservation Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management. Advocacy related to H.R. 4348, the "Protect America's Wildlife and Fish in Need of Conservation Act of 2019."
PAW and FIN Conservation Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management. Advocacy related to H.R. 4348, the "Protect America's Wildlife and Fish in Need of Conservation Act of 2019."
PFAS Action Act of 2019
Client: SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act. H.R. 535 -- PFAS Action Act of 2019.
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Legislation including H.R. 2968 and S. 2474 to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program.
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Legislation including H.R. 2968 and S. 2474 to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program.
An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Legislation including H.R. 2968 and S. 2474 to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program.
An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Legislation including H.R. 2968 and S. 2474 to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program.
Native American Energy Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Native American Energy Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Native American Energy Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Native American Energy Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
OPENS Alaska Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
OPENS Alaska Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
OPENS Alaska Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
OPENS Alaska Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interior's Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Native American Energy Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Native American Energy Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Native American Energy Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Native American Energy Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
OPENS Alaska Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
OPENS Alaska Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
OPENS Alaska Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
OPENS Alaska Act of 2017
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, including S. 883, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 1288 and S. 1289, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act, S. 1481. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 210, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004).
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004).
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Federal Water Quality Protection Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004).
Federal Water Quality Protection Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Federal Water Quality Protection Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Federal Water Quality Protection Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004).
Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale Act
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004).
North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004). - Federal legislation, including S. 3273 and S. 3203, that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation, including S. 2012, that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Department of the Interiors Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, S. 2011, and S. 3110, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act (S. 3004).
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes.
Client: ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION · Firm: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. The firm has advocated for changes to S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, including changes focused on requiring consultation with Indian tribes and including consideration of permafrost soils. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Consideration of Alaska Native and Alaska business priorities in the context of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. - Federal revenue sharing legislation, S. 1278, and specifically, that such legislation should include provisions for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation, including S. 2732 and H.R. 3270, that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation, including S. 2727 and H.R. 3271, that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 1 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation, including S. 2728, the Alaska Native Access Card Act, that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
SEALASKA CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 · third_quarter · Q3
- Federal legislation to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service land elsewhere. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 41 and S. 2554, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans. - Amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties, including S. 255 and H.R. 6021. - Amendments to the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to support Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and culture programs.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 · third_quarter · Q3
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR, including H.R. 1. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
SEALASKA CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 · second_quarter · Q2
- Federal legislation to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service land elsewhere. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 41 and S. 2554, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans. - Amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties, including S. 255. - Amendments to the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to support Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and culture programs.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 · second_quarter · Q2
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR, including H.R. 1. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 · second_quarter · Q2
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SEALASKA CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 · first_quarter · Q1
- Federal legislation to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service land elsewhere. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 41 and S. 2554, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans. - Amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties, including S. 255. - Amendments to the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to support Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and culture programs.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 · first_quarter · Q1
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR, including H.R. 1. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 · first_quarter · Q1
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SEALASKA CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 · fourth_quarter · Q4
- Federal legislation to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service land elsewhere. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 41 and S. 2554, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans. - Amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties, including S. 255. - Amendments to the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to support Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and culture programs.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 · fourth_quarter · Q4
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR, including H.R. 1. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SEALASKA CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
- Federal legislation to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service land elsewhere. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 41, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans. - Amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties, including S. 255. - Amendments to the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to support Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and culture programs.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR, including H.R. 1. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR, including H.R. 1. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska, including H.R. 1.
SEALASKA CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
- Federal legislation to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service land elsewhere. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 41, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans. - Amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties, including S. 255. - Amendments to the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to support Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and culture programs.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SEALASKA CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
- Federal legislation to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service land elsewhere. - Federal legislation, including H.R. 41, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans. - Amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties, including S. 255. - Amendments to the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to support Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and culture programs.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
- Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska.
- Federal agency actions relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal legislation relating to land management decisions on the North Slope of Alaska, including decisions relating to the NPR-A and ANWR. - Federal agency decisions relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska. - Federal legislation relating to oil and gas leasing and production on the North Slope of Alaska.
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SEALASKA CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2024 · fourth_quarter · Q4
- Federal legislation to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service land elsewhere. - Federal legislation, including S. 1889 and H.R. 4748, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans. - Amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties, including S. 5258. - Amendments to the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to support Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and culture programs, including H.R. 8973.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2024 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2024 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2024 · third_quarter · Q3
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
SEALASKA CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2024 · third_quarter · Q3
- Federal legislation to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service land elsewhere. - Federal legislation, including S. 1889 and H.R. 4748, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans. - Amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties, including S. 5258. - Amendments to the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to support Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and culture programs, including H.R. 8973.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2024 · third_quarter · Q3
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SEALASKA CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2024 · second_quarter · Q2
- Federal legislation to authorize an exchange of Sealaska Corporation subsurface estate on Admiralty Island for U.S. Forest Service land elsewhere. - Federal legislation, including S. 1889 and H.R. 4748, to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans. - Amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, regulations implementing U.S. migratory bird treaties, and potential clarifying amendments to the underlying treaties.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2024 · second_quarter · Q2
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2024 · second_quarter · Q2
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2024 · first_quarter · Q1
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2024 · first_quarter · Q1
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2023 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2023 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2023 · third_quarter · Q3
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2023 · third_quarter · Q3
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2023 · second_quarter · Q2
Forest Service permits, Endangered Species Act, Land exchange with USFS
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2023 · second_quarter · Q2
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2023 · second_quarter · Q2
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2023 · first_quarter · Q1
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2023 · first_quarter · Q1
Forest Service permits, Endangered Species Act, Land exchange with USFS
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2023 · first_quarter · Q1
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2022 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Forest Service permits, Endangered Species Act.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2022 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2022 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2022 · third_quarter · Q3
Forest Service permits, Endangered Species Act.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2022 · third_quarter · Q3
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2022 · third_quarter · Q3
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2022 · second_quarter · Q2
Forest Service permits, Endangered Species Act.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2022 · second_quarter · Q2
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2022 · second_quarter · Q2
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2022 · first_quarter · Q1
Forest Service permits, Endangered Species Act.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2022 · first_quarter · Q1
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2022 · first_quarter · Q1
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Forest Service permits, Endangered Species Act.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · third_quarter · Q3
- Development of new Incidental Take Regulations and associated modeling for take of polar bear associated with oil and gas and community activities on the North Slope of Alaska.
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · third_quarter · Q3
Forest Service permits, Endangered Species Act.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · third_quarter · Q3
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · second_quarter · Q2
Forest Service permits, Endangered Species Act.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · second_quarter · Q2
- Development of new Incidental Take Regulations and associated modeling for take of polar bear associated with oil and gas and community activities on the North Slope of Alaska.
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · second_quarter · Q2
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · first_quarter · Q1
Forest Service permits, Endangered Species Act.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · first_quarter · Q1
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · first_quarter · Q1
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2021 · first_quarter · Q1
- Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding rights of Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik, Alaska and Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska to access conservation units for subsistence purposes and for travel to privately held Native allotments. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding need consult and work with local and Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik related to polar bear tourism activities. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans.
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · fourth_quarter · Q4
- Development of new Incidental Take Regulations and associated modeling for take of polar bear associated with oil and gas and community activities on North Slope of Alaska. - Communications with Interior Department officials related to efforts to obtain permits to move supplies to Kaktovik, Alaska, including permits to move modules to replace the school in Kaktovik, which was destroyed by a fire.
- Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, and administrative action, including allocation of assistance under the Relief Fund, Title V of Pub. Law No 116-136, that would provide relief funding to Native American communities for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, to allocate additional federal funding to Native Community Development Financial Institutions to provide assistance to Native American communities. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding rights of Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik, Alaska and Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska to access conservation units for subsistence purposes and for travel to privately held Native allotments. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding need consult and work with local and Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik related to polar bear tourism activities. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans.
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · third_quarter · Q3
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · third_quarter · Q3
- Development of new Incidental Take Regulations and associated modeling for take of polar bear associated with oil and gas and community activities on North Slope of Alaska. - Communications with Interior Department officials related to efforts to obtain permits to move supplies to Kaktovik, Alaska, including permits to move modules to replace the school in Kaktovik, which was destroyed by a fire.
- Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, and administrative action, including allocation of assistance under the Relief Fund, Title V of Pub. Law No 116-136, that would provide relief funding to Native American communities for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, to allocate additional federal funding to Native Community Development Financial Institutions to provide assistance to Native American communities. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding rights of Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik, Alaska and Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska to access conservation units for subsistence purposes and for travel to privately held Native allotments. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding need consult and work with local and Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik related to polar bear tourism activities. - Legislation to clarify that certain federal laws and regulations are inclusive of Alaska Native corporations for purposes of certain Federal programs and services that serve Native Americans.
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · third_quarter · Q3
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · third_quarter · Q3
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management. S.4589, Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2020.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management. S.4589, Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2020.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · second_quarter · Q2
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · second_quarter · Q2
- Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, and administrative action, including allocation of assistance under the Relief Fund, Title V of Pub. Law No 116-136, that would provide relief funding to Native American communities for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, to allocate additional federal funding to Native Community Development Financial Institutions to provide assistance to Native American communities. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding rights of Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik, Alaska and Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska to access conservation units for subsistence purposes and for travel to privately held Native allotments. - Communications with Interior Department officials regarding need consult and work with local and Alaska Native residents of Kaktovik related to polar bear tourism activities.
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · second_quarter · Q2
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · second_quarter · Q2
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · first_quarter · 1A
- Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, and administrative action, including allocation of assistance under the Relief Fund, Title V of Pub. Law No 116-136, that would provide relief funding to Native American communities for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19. - Legislation, including H.R. 748, to allocate additional federal funding to Native Community Development Financial Institutions to provide assistance to Native American communities.
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · first_quarter · Q1
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · first_quarter · 1A
- Development of new Incidental Take Regulations and associated modeling for take of polar bear associated with oil and gas and community activities on North Slope of Alaska. - Native Corporation consultation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on details of proposed Air Quality Rule. - Timeline for implementation of certain emissions control measures associated with PM 2.5 SIP for Fairbanks North Star Borough.
- Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation and administrative action that would provide relief funding to Indian tribes for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19.
ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · first_quarter · Q1
- Development of new Incidental Take Regulations and associated modeling for take of polar bear associated with oil and gas and community activities on North Slope of Alaska. - Native Corporation consultation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on details of proposed Air Quality Rule. - Timeline for implementation of certain emissions control measures associated with PM 2.5 SIP for Fairbanks North Star Borough.
- Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program. - Legislation and administrative action that would provide relief funding to Indian tribes for expenditures associated with responding to COVID-19.
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · first_quarter · Q1
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act. HR 1162, HR 2473, HR 3723, HR 4723, HR 4891, HR 5316, HR 5347
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2020 · first_quarter · Q1
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, the State Department, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · fourth_quarter · Q4
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Legislation including H.R. 2968 and S. 2474 to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program.
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Forest Service permits. Endangered Species Act. H.R. 535 -- PFAS Action Act of 2019.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · third_quarter · Q3
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management. Advocacy related to H.R. 4348, the "Protect America's Wildlife and Fish in Need of Conservation Act of 2019."
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management. Advocacy related to H.R. 4348, the "Protect America's Wildlife and Fish in Need of Conservation Act of 2019."
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · third_quarter · Q3
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, the State Department, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · third_quarter · Q3
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act and Endangered Species Act regulations to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Native Corporation consultation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on details of proposed Proposed Air Quality Rule.
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation including S. 2418 for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Legislation including H.R. 2968 and S. 2474 to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program.
NATIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REFORM COALITION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · second_quarter · Q2
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Advocated for effective and balanced legislative and administrative improvements to the Endangered Species Act that support the protection of fish, wildlife and plant populations as well as responsible land, water and resource management.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
PACIFIC SALMON TREATY COALITION, INC. via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · second_quarter · Q2
U.S. negotiations with Canada regarding the next ten year agreement on salmon fishing regimes under the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the implementation of Treaty obligations. Federal appropriations to support implementation of the Treaty and Treaty agreement.
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · second_quarter · Q2
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, the State Department, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · second_quarter · Q2
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program.
ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · first_quarter · Q1
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act and Endangered Species Act regulations to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Native Corporation consultation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on details of proposed Proposed Air Quality Rule.
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other federal statutory amendments to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Federal revenue sharing legislation for the sharing of revenues with Alaska coastal communities. - Federal legislation that would exempt Indian and Alaska Native lands in certain instances from compensatory mitigation requirements under the Clean Water Act, and federal legislation that would allow preservation leasing on Indian and Alaska Native lands as a non-permanent form of compensatory mitigation. - Department of the Interior's Greater Mooses Tooth 2 project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. - Legislation that would facilitate the import of marine mammal products into the United States by Alaska Natives. - Matters related to the conveyance of lands to Alaska Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act. - Federal legislation that would authorize certain conveyances of land to Native corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including subsurface estate within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to ASRC. - Federal legislation to set aside New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Discretionary set aside of New Markets Tax Credit funds for Indian tribes. - Federal legislation that would reform NEPA review of Indian energy projects, limit federal incentives for filing litigation again Indian energy projects, limit attorney fees to plaintiffs filing suit against Indian energy projects, and ensure timely resolution of litigation against Indian energy projects. - Legislation to restore direct appropriations for the Department of Defense Indian Incentive Program.
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH OFFICE OF THE MAYOR via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · first_quarter · Q1
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commission, the State Department, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest. Legislation that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consult and work with Alaska Native organizations and other wildlife management organizations to implement a civil-based, co-management regime for the subsistence harvest of Alaska-Chukotka polar bears.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
PACIFIC SALMON TREATY COALITION, INC. via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2019 · first_quarter · Q1
U.S. negotiations with Canada regarding the next ten year agreement on salmon fishing regimes under the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the implementation of Treaty obligations. Federal appropriations to support implementation of the Treaty and Treaty agreement.
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
PACIFIC SALMON TREATY COALITION, INC. via VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2018 · fourth_quarter · Q4
U.S. negotiations with Canada regarding the next ten year agreement on salmon fishing regimes under the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the implementation of Treaty obligations. Federal appropriations to support implementation of the Treaty and Treaty agreement.
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
Communications with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Members of Congress, and Congressional Committees to ensure that any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Title V of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to implement a polar bear subsistence harvest quota are based on, and issued after taking into consideration, sound science as well as the historical and cultural reliance of the Alaska Native community on the polar bear harvest.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
- Development of new Incidental Take Regulations and associated modeling for take of polar bear associated with oil and gas and community activities on North Slope of Alaska. - Native Corporation consultation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on details of proposed Air Quality Rule. - Timeline for implementation of certain emissions control measures associated with PM 2.5 SIP for Fairbanks North Star Borough. - Communications with Interior Department officials related to efforts to obtain permits to move supplies to Kaktovik, Alaska, including permits to move modules to replace the school in Kaktovik, which was destroyed by a fire.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
- Development of new Incidental Take Regulations and associated modeling for take of polar bear associated with oil and gas and community activities on North Slope of Alaska. - Native Corporation consultation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on details of proposed Air Quality Rule. - Timeline for implementation of certain emissions control measures associated with PM 2.5 SIP for Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act and Endangered Species Act regulations to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Native Corporation consultation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on details of proposed Proposed Air Quality Rule. - Timeline for implementation of certain emissions control measures associated with PM 2.5 SIP for Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
- Changes to the rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Corps of Engineers defining the term waters of the United States as applied under the Clean Water Act. - Amendments to the Endangered Species Act and Endangered Species Act regulations to take into account the concerns and needs of Alaska Native villages and Native landowners. - Native Corporation consultation with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on details of proposed Proposed Air Quality Rule.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of