USG Oregon, LLC, a subsidiary of U.S. Geothermal, Inc., has acquired two geothermal mineral ownership interests in the Neal Hot Springs Project in Eastern Oregon. USG Oregon now holds significant mineral ownership interests in the Neal Hot Springs geothermal reservoir. The lands to which the mineral interests are appurtenant currently have two existing production wells […]
On October 7, 2010 the Oregon Attorney General’s Office released a report discussing the problem areas inhibiting full and meaningful government transparency. The report identifies four areas of particular concern – 1) timelines for responding to public records requests, 2) fees, 3) exemptions, and 4) public meetings – and recommends actions to the Oregon Legislature
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This Wednesday, October 13th, Laura Schroeder will speak to Oregon State University’s Water Resources Graduate Program during the Water Resources Seminar Series. Laura will address “Municipal Water Permitting in an Era of Change: Legal Structures and Policy Trajectories.” Under the traditional requirements of western water law, an appropriator must divert water, put it to beneficial
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By: Sarah Liljefelt The Clean Water Act (“CWA”) prohibits the discharge of pollutants from a point source into the navigable waters of the United States without an NPDES permit. The Act defines a “point source” as “any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance.” 33 U.S.C. §1362(14). Natural runoff is not a point source, and does not
NEDC v. Brown Invalidates EPA’s NPDES Permitting Policy for Logging Road Runoff Read More »
Relationships of organizations are important in this week as Laura seeks to obtain approval of changes to assist farmers in Armenia. The organizational chart provides that once Laura’s work with Armenian’s attorneys in completed and implementation legislation is ready for government adoption, it must be approved first by Armenia’s Governing Council of the Millennium Challenge
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With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit in New York on 20-22 September 2010 to accelerate progress towards the MDGs Visit the Summit website! Laura’s work with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) hopes
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Alex Russin, MCC’s resident country director in Armenia, met with Laura Schroeder on Wednesday providing a status of he Armenian government’s adoption of agricultural policy and legislation. Later, Laura met with Arusyak Alaverdyan, the World Bank Rural/Irrigation Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Unit for the Europe and Central Asia Region, to discuss the possible development
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Approximately 27 hours after leaving the River House in Portland , Laura Schroeder arrived in Yerevan, Armenia. Armenia is in the Causus Mountain range with a continental climate much like that of eastern Oregon, southern Idaho and northern Nevada. Similarly, the climate dictates that water is THE issue when it comes to meeting the Millennium
Laura Schroeder’s Armenia Trip Begins Read More »
Schroeder Law Offices, P.C. is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Reno Mustangs’ Co-Ed “D” Softball team’s trip to the ASA National Softball Tournament being held in Portland Oregon. The Reno Mustangs are a tournament softball team that enjoy spending their weekends playing in tournaments to help support local charities and those in need.
SLO Sponsors Reno Mustangs Co-Ed “D” Softball! Read More »
An Armenian delegation sponsored by Millennium Challenge Corporation will tour selected California irrigation sites beginning August 12, 2010.
Millennium Challenge – Armenia Study Tour Slated for California Read More »
Laura Schroeder left the USA on Thursday, July 22, 2010 arriving in Yerevan, Armenia over 24 hours later. Her mission is to review the priorities for the development of agricultural policy legislation to meet the priority goal of the Millennium Challenge: to end poverty and hunger. The United States worked with the Republic of Armenia
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The first goal of the Millennium Challenge adopted by United Nations declaration in 2000 is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/bkgd.shtml The three targets for this goal are: (1) halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day; (2) achieve full and productive employment and decent
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Laura Schroeder will present her popular “Water Rights Bootcamp” on JUNE 2 in Sisters, Oregon. This presentation will be an educational seminar suitable for all with and interest and concern for water rights in Oregon. For details and an agenda see the Schroeder Law Offices web site.
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Schroeder Law Attorneys Schroeder and Ure as members of the executive committee for the Nevada Environmental and Natural Resources Section as well as Schroeder Law Administrator Scott Borison assisted in planning and participated in the First Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony and reception for former Director of Conservation and Natural Resources Allen Biaggi on May 4,
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The Director of the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently announced the appointment of Acting State Engineer Jason King to the position of State Engineer. Mr. King has spent more than 19 years with the Division of Water Resources. A press release from the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on this
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As we reported in early February, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) has released a Water Quality Management Plan for the Upper Klamath and Lost River Subbasins for public review and comment. Due to ongoing drought conditions in the Klamath Basin, DEQ has extended the public comment period by 45 days to May 27,
Update: Upper Klamath and Lost River Subbasins Comment Period Extended Read More »
On January 28, 2010, the Nevada Supreme Court issued its opinion in the matter of Great Basin Water Network, et al. v. State Engineer and Southern Nevada Water Authority, wherein the Court determined that the State Engineer had violated the statutory duty under NRS § 533.370(2), which requires that the State Engineer approve or reject
The Source Water Collaborative (“SWC”) is a group comprised of federal, state and local partners working to protect the source of America’s drinking water in lakes, rivers, streams and aquifers. The SWC recently launched a new tool, “Your Water Your Decision” designed to help organizations and communities highlight their specific water protection needs to local
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The DEQ has determined that certain stream segments in the Upper Klamath and Lost River subbasins do not meet state water quality standards. DEQ has identified water quality problems associated with temperature, nitrogen, phosphorus and biochemical oxygen demand, or “BOD.” Under the guides of the Federal Clean Water Act, the DEQ has developed a plan
