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- Brad Doll to Speak at 2024 NEBC’s Managing Stormwater Conference
- Brad Doll to Speak and Moderate Panel at NEBC’s Managing Stormwater Conference
- Sarah Mack, Matt Wells, Brad Doll, and Lynne Cohee recognized in The Best Lawyers in America
- Sarah Mack, Matt Wells, Brad Doll, and Lynne Cohee Included in 2023 Washington Super Lawyers List
- Our firm ranked a Tier 1 Seattle firm for multiple practice areas in U.S. News–Best Lawyers 2022 “Best Law Firms” list
- Matt Wells Receives Best Lawyers® 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” Award for Environmental Law in Seattle
- Sarah Mack, Matt Wells, Brad Doll, and Lynne Cohee Included in 2021 Washington Super Lawyers List.
- Sarah Mack, Matt Wells, Brad Doll, and Lynne Cohee Included in 2020 Washington Super Lawyers List
- Ecology Opens Skagit River Water Mitigation Program
- Our firm ranked in Tier 1 Seattle firms on U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list
- Sarah Mack, Matt Wells, and Lynne Cohee Included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020
- Taking A Swing Against Hunger!
- Sarah Mack and Matt Wells Included in 2019 Washington Super Lawyers List
- Agreement Paves Way for Skagit River Water Mitigation Bank
- Water Right Adjudication Coming to a Conclusion in the Yakima Basin
- Sarah Mack, Matt Wells, and Lynne Cohee Included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019
- Millennium Bulk Terminals: Washington PCHB Affirms Department of Ecology’s Use of Substantive SEPA Authority to Deny Water Quality Certification
- Department of Ecology Issues Interim Guidance on “Net Ecological Benefit”
- Climate Change and Water Supply in the State of Washington
- Sarah Mack, Matt Wells, and Lynne Cohee Included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018
- Sarah Mack Receives Best Lawyers® 2018 Natural Resources Law “Lawyer of the Year” Award in Seattle
- EPA Approves in Part Washington State's Human Health Criteria Water Quality Standards
- Three Lessons Regarding Stormwater Liability From Recent Washington Cases
- Sarah Mack Receives Best Lawyers® 2017 Land Use and Zoning Law “Lawyer of the Year” Award in Seattle
- Sarah Mack and Matt Wells Included In 2017 Best Lawyers® List
- Revised Boatyard General Permit Issued By Department of Ecology
- Doll Mack Wells Attorneys Included in 2016 Washington Super Lawyers and "Rising Stars" Lists
- Lawsuit Filed Challenging Spokane River Instream Flow Rule
- 23rd Avenue Business Stabilization Fund: A Change in Seattle's Policy?
- Stormwater Vested Rights Dispute To Supreme Court
- State Supreme Court Rebuffs Local Initiative on "Rights of Nature" for Spokane River
- Department of Ecology Re-issues Sand and Gravel NPDES and State Permit
- Department of Ecology's Stormwater Sampling Manual Now Available
- Department of Ecology's Construction Stormwater General Permit Appealed by Several Industry Organizations
- Department of Ecology Hatchery Permit Challenged Regarding Impacts of PCBS to Spokane River
- PCHB Muddies The Waters on "Water Availability"
- Washington Supreme Court Rejects City of Yelm's Water Right in Foster v. Ecology
- Our Firm Included in 2016 "Best Law Firms" Ranking by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers
- Mack Article on Water Rights Law Published in Washington State Bar Association's "Green" Edition of Northwest Lawyer
- Washington Department of Ecology Issues Preliminary Draft CAFO Permit
- Significant Habitat Restoration Project Planned to Complete Superfund Settlement for Thea Foss Waterway
- Best Lawyers® Includes Our Firm's Principals in 2016 List
- EPA Releases Revised Industrial Stormwater Multi-Sector General Permit
- Our Firm Sponsors Fundraiser for Northwest Harvest
- Despite "Harsh and Unfair" Results, State Supreme Court Enforces Land Use Appeal Requirements
- Meta-Analysis Concludes Fish Consumption Tied to Lower Mortality
- State Supreme Court Decides Cornelius v. Ecology, Rejecting "As Applied" Constitutional Challenge to Municipal Water Law
- Department of Natural Resources Reverses Course on Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan
- EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Withdraw "Interpretive Rule" on Farming Practices in Wetlands
- EPA Issues Final Report on "Connectivity of Streams & Wetlands to Downstream Waters"
- Department of Ecology Issues New Industrial Stormwater General Permit
- Out Firm Listed in "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News and World Report - Best Lawyers®
- Bradford Doll Comments on Duwamish Watershed and Stormwater Compliance in Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
- Federal Court Decision: EPA is Not Required to Establish Human Health Criteria for Washington State
- Our Firm's Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America® 2015
- "Take a Swing Against Hunger" Raises $27,000 for Northwest Harvest
- Natural Resources Defense Council Promotes Water Conservation, "Green" Infrastructure
- Governor Announces Water Quality Policy
- Human Health Water Quality Criteria's Fish Consumption Rate Tied to Treaty Rights by EPA Administrator
- New York Times Article Focuses on City of Tacoma's Efforts and Approach in Combating Stormwater Pollution
- Association of Washington Business Announces 2014 Environmental Excellence Award Winners
- U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Consider Los Angeles County Appeal of Clean Water Act Municipal Stormwater Permit Decision
- U.S. EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Propose Clean Water Act Rule on "Waters of the U.S."
- Department of Ecology Reveals Potential Features of 2014 Industrial Stormwater General Permit
- New York Times Reports on the Challenges of Fish Consumption: Sorting Out Which and How Much Fish to Eat
- 2014 Farm Bill Resolves NPDES Permit Controversy Over Stormwater From Logging Roads
- Department of Ecology Revises Direction on Human Health Water Quality Criteria
- Washington Department of Ecology Launches Rule-making for Spokane River Instream Flow
- Foster v. Ecology: Another Look at "Overriding Considerations of the Public Interest" in Water Right Decisions
- Washington Supreme Court Rejects "Overriding Considerations of the Public Interest" and Invalidates Water Reservations for Out-of-Stream Uses
- Washington's Growth Management Hearings Board Wades Into Water Law
- Cattle Rancher Loses Enforcement Appeal Over Water Quality Violations
- Legislative Briefing on Fish Consumption Rates Includes Presentation of Economic Impact and Feasibility of Implementation
- Brad Doll Examines Washington State's Property Tax Exemption for Anaerobic Digesters and Alternative Fuels
- To the Supreme Court and Back Again: The Los Angeles County Flood Control District Clean Water Act Municipal Stormwater Permit
- New Lawsuit Against U.S. EPA Over Fish Consumption Rate Used in Washington State Water Quality Standards
- Article by Bradford Doll on Water Quality Risk Policy for Protection of Human Health
- Washington State Health Department Issues Fish consumption Advisory for Columbia River Species
- Our Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2014® List
- Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington Now Available
- 2013 Washington Super Lawyers List Features Our Firm's Principals
- Federal District Court Holds That Wind Blown Coal Dust Into Waterway Does Not Violate Clean Water Act
- State Supreme Court Hears Argument in Cornelius v. Ecology
- U.S. Supreme Court: Industrial Stormwater Permit Not Required For Discharges From Logging Roads
- Washington Supreme Court Brings Yakima River Basin Adjudication "One Step Closer to Finality"
- Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Over EPA's Construction Stormwater Rule
- Ecology Acknowledges Current Water Quality Criteria Applied in Washington are Protective of Human Health
- U.S. EPA Publishes Frequently Asked Questions Guidance for Human Health Water Quality Criteria
- Upcoming Department of Ecology Policy Forum to Discuss New Report Regarding Fish Consumption Rates
- Risk Policy for Water Quality Human Health Criteria
- U.S. Supreme Court Holds L.A. Stormwater Flows Did Not Violate Clean Water Act
- Washington Blue Ribbon Panel Issues Report on Ocean Acidification
- EPA Approves Washington's Updated Water Quality Assessment Submittal and 301(d) List
- PCHB Rules Puddles Are Not "Waters of the State" Under Water Pollution Control Act
- Court of Appeals Decision May Alter Deference to Ecology's Technical Expertise
- Our Firm Supports Earthrise Law Center's Condor Project
- New Article on Changes in "Manner of Use" Under Washington's Groundwater Code
- Our Firm Participates in Landau Associates' Charity Golf Tournament
- Ecology's Rainwater Collection Policy Lets 12,000 Rain Gardens Bloom
- Settlement Reached and PCHB Decisions Vacated in Painted Summer Hills Case
- Sarah Mack Co-Chaired 21st Annual Washington Water Law Conference
- Matt Wells Speaker at Seminar on Water Rights Transfers
- Our Firm's Principals Named to 2012 Washington Super Lawyers List
- Brad Doll Named to Rising Stars List for Third Consecutive Year
- Army Corps of Engineers Announces Final 2012 Regional Conditions for Nationwide Wetland Permits
- Seattle Publishes SEPA Determination on Shoreline Master Program Update
- Our Firm Sponsors the Pike Market Child Care and Preschool Annual Walk for Kids
- Ecology Proposes New Management Rule for Dungeness Watershed
- Ecology Issues Modified Industrial Stormwater General Permit
- New Legislation Streamlines Stormwater Management in Boatyard General Permit
- Governor Gregoire Signs Important Stormwater Legislation Affecting Fecal Coliform Limits
- Washington Enacts Relinquishment Exception for Water Right Change Applications
- Brad Doll's Presentation on Clean Water Act Citizen Lawsuits Available for Download
- Matt Wells Named One of the Best Environmental Attorneys in Puget Sound Region
- Our Firm Sponsors AWB's 2012 Environmental Excellence Awards
- Our Firm Co-Sponsors NEBC's Annual Stormwater Conference
- Department of Ecology Proposes Legislation on Fecal Coliform Limits in Industrial Stormwater
- Stock-Watering Permit Exemption Affirmed by Washington State Supreme Court
- Brad Doll Addressed Risk Management and Stormwater at Northwest Environmental Business Council Conference
- Assisting Client to Reduce Enforcement Penalties
- Orondo Fruit Company: Water Right Relinquishment and the "Determined Future Development" Exemption
- Pollution Control Hearings Board Approves Water Right Change in Painted Summer Hills Case
- Whitman County Superior Court Rules in Favor or Washington State University in Water Rights Appeal
- Brad Doll Named to Rising Stars List for Second Consecutive Year
- Court of Appeals Accepts Direct Review of Appeal of Industrial Stormwater General Permit
- Tupper Mack Wells Welcomes Targa Resources partners to the Pacific Northwest
- “Prevention, Not Enforcement": The Conundrum of "Regulation" Between Water Rights in Washington
- Matt Wells Co-Chairs Seminar on Water Right Transfers
- Municipal Water Law Upheld by Washington Supreme Court
- Washington Legislature Adds "Certified Water Right Examiners" to Water Rights Process
- Washington Department of Ecology Reverses Course on Rainwater Collection
- Washington Court of Appeals Issues Interpretations of State's Water Rights Relinquishment Statue
- Washington State Enacts New Legislation to Modernize its Water Rights Adjudication Process
- Washington Court of Appeals Affirms Water Right Relinquishment, Rejects Exemptions for City of Union Gap
- Recent PCHB Decisions Discussed at 2008 Washington Water Law Conference
- State Pollution Control Hearing Board Limits 'Anti-Enlargement' Rule for Water Right Changes
- U.S. District Court Approved Historic Groundwater Settlement Between State of Washington and Lummi Indian Nation
- Yakima County Superior Court Affirms Relinquishment of Water Rights Sought by City of Union Gap
- Washington Department of Ecology Adopts New Water Management Rule for the Walla Walla Basin
- Washington Governor Issues "Climate Change Challenge" Executive Order to Address Water Resources -- Department of Ecology Gears Up
- Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board Affirms Department of Ecology's Authority to Issue New Groundwater Rights with Mitigation
- Washington Court of Appeals Upholds Preliminary Permit for Groundwater Testing as Categorically Exempt Under SEPA