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S.J. Quinney College of Law

Research Fellows Program Update

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Jonelle White

The Stegner Center’s Research Fellows Program aims to facilitate informed dialogue by providing objective legal and policy analysis of environmental and natural resource issues facing Utah and the western United States.

During the 2015-16 academic year, Professors Keiter and Ruple continued their review of state demands for title to federal public lands, publishing two Stegner Center white papers: Alternatives to the Transfer of Public Lands Act and When Winning Means Losing: Why a State Takeover of Public Lands May Leave States Without the Minerals They Covet. Professor Ruple, together with Allison Jones, Emanuel Vásquez, and College of Law alumni Mark Capone, also co-authored Shooting the Albatross: Why a State Takeover of Federal Public Lands Would Make Endangered Species Act Compliance More Expensive and Difficult, 39 Environs Envtl. L. and Policy J. 115 (2016).

Professor Ruple and Mark Capone published two additional articles evaluating whether environmental impact statements lead to reduced environmental impacts. NEPA—Substantive Effectiveness Under a Procedural Mandate: Assessment of Oil and Gas EISs in the Mountain West, 7 Geo. Wash. J. of Energy and Envtl. L. 39 (2016), found that impacts can be reduced without a commensurate reduction in job growth or tax revenue. NEPA, FLPMA, and Impact Reduction: An Empirical Assessment of BLM Resource Management Planning in the Mountain West, 46 Envtl. L. ___ (forthcoming 2016), found that management plan revisions can simultaneously increase energy production and reduce anticipated environmental impacts.

Professor Ruple authored chapters on legal and policy considerations involving both water and land use in Utah Oil Shale: Science, Technology, and Policy Perspectives (CRC Press 2016). Together with University of Utah Professor Kerry Kelly and Graduate Research Assistant Jonathan Wilkey, he also co-authored the chapter on air quality and carbon emission management in the same text.

So far this year Professors Keiter and Ruple, with assistance from University of Virginia School of Law second-year student Andrew Ognibene, released another Stegner Center white paper: National Monuments and National Conservation Areas: A Comparison in Light of the Bears Ears Proposal. Ruple and Capone’s third paper on environmental impact assessment, NEPA and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Statutory Categorical Exclusions: What are that Environmental Costs of Expedited Oil and Gas Development, was accepted for publication by the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Finally, look for a comprehensive law article on land transfer efforts during the 2016-17 academic year.

The Stegner Center’s Research Program is made possible by the generous support of our principal sponsors: AHE/CI Trust, ESRR Endowment Fund, and the Turner Foundation. Program supporters include the 444S Foundation, the Comstock Foundation, the Dorsey & Whitney Foundation, the Kendeda Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Partnership Project, and the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation.

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Stegner Newsletter - Fall 2016

Director’s Message

  • Director’s Letter

News of Note

  • University of Utah’s Environmental & Natural Resources Law Program is Top Ten--Again
  • ESRR Endowment Fund for Wallace Stegner Center Increased to $5 million
  • The Naming of the Robert B. Keiter Conference Room
  • College of Law Building Awarded LEED Platinum Certification

Stegner Center Events

  • Stegner Center’s 22nd Annual Symposium: “Water in the West: Exploring Untapped Solutions”
  • Professor Sanne Knudsen Joins Stegner Center as 12th Annual Young Scholar
  • Stegner Center 2016-2017 Events
  • Stegner Center 2015 to 2016 Year in Review

Faculty News

  • Faculty Updates
  • Professor Craig appointed to IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law
  • Water law Down Under: Professor Craig Teaches at University of Tasmania School of Law
  • New Research by Law School’s EDR Program Associate Director Rumore is Altering the Game of Climate Change

Program Update

  • Environmental Dispute Resolution Program Update
  • Research Fellows Program Update
  • Alternatives to a Federal Land Takeover Explored in New Research from Stegner Center
  • Environmental Law Clinic Update

Student News

  • Stegner Center Student Scholarship Recipients and Writing Awards
  • Stegner Center Students Awarded Array of Scholarships
  • Behle Fellows Program
  • Stegner Center Student Team Competes in Pace University Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
  • Stegner Center Student Teams Compete in West Virginia University College of Law National Energy & Sustainability Moot Court Competition

Donors

  • Stegner Center Donors 2015 to 2016 Fiscal Year
  • Green Building Fund Donors
  • The S. J. and Jessie E. Quinney Legacy
  • Appeal for Donations
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