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The U.S. Immigration Law Blog by Ashwin Sharma
Featuring news, updates, policy developments and commentary on U.S. Immigration matters
Tag Archive | DHS
in General News
Trump Administration rescinds rule requiring International Students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Good news for international students: DHS just did another one of its 180 degree pirouettes. Facing several federal lawsuits as well as vigorous opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump Administration today rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the coronavirus pandemic. DHS has agreed to fully rescind the July 6, 2020, ICE guidance and July 7, 2020, Frequently Asked Questions, and rescind all implementing guidance. The status quo based upon the agency's March 13, 2020, guidance will remain in force.
See https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/507293-trump-administration-rescinds-policy-to-strip-visas-from-foreign
in DACA - Deferred Action for Certain Childhood Arrivals, General News, SSN and Driver's License Issurance
Supreme Court Upholds DACA
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, also known as DACA, was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act. As a result, the Trump administration may not immediately proceed with its plan to end a program protecting about 700,000 young immigrants known as Dreamers from deportation.
See DHS v. Regents of the University of California (Link to PDF)
in Department of Homeland Security
Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman's 2019 Annual Report to Congress
Via DHS.Gov
By statute, the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman submits an Annual Report to Congress by June 30 of each year. The Ombudsman's Annual Report must provide a summary of the most pervasive and serious problems encountered by individuals and employers applying for immigration benefits with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The Annual Report also reviews past recommendations to improve USCIS programs and services.
in AILA, Articles and Commentaries, Department of Homeland Security, General News, H-1B Visas
DHS Appears to Be Contemplating a Major Change to 6+ Year H-1B Extensions under AC21: Up to 1 Million H-1B Holders Could Be Affected
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appears to be contemplating a major change to 6+ year H-1B Extensions, an act that would have major implications in the lives of the approximately 1 Million H-1B holders in the U.S. who are waiting for a green card. To effect such a change, all DHS would need to do is continue its policy of reinterpreting any language and/or guidance it considers imprecise in a way that negatively affects the H-1B visa program. And in this case it apparently seeks to reinterpret the words "may grant" in AC21 Section 104(c), a provision that allows for up to three (3) year H-1B Extensions for certain I-140 holders (mainly Indian nationals, coincidentally). Such a reinterpretation would allow DHS to effectively neuter H-1B extensions under AC21 Section 104(c), however, because DHS does not currently appear to be able to reinterpret the word "shall" in AC21 Section 106(a), one (1) year H-1B Extensions should remain untouched and available.
A reinterpretation of AC21 Section 104(c) by DHS, if undertaken, would align harmoniously amongst its other recent attempts to make H-1Bs prohibitively complicated, expensive and more frequently subject to DHS' scrutiny (i.e. the trending query of the month). That stated, please note that the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA.org) has indicated that DHS has not issued a formal announcement about any such change, that such a change would require a formal rulemaking procedure, and lastly, that such changes could be subject to litigation.
Ultimately, instead of scapegoating Srinivas from Hyderabad for daring to fill one of the 480,000 open computing jobs nationwide, we should be asking ourselves why Suzy from Ohio is majoring in Italian Art History instead of Computer Engineering. There is a very real and obvious problem with education in our country, but it is not the H-1B Program or H-1B workers, rather, the issue is that We. Are. Not. Producing. Enough. STEM. Workers.
BELOW VIA AILA.ORG
Under current law, the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act (AC21) has two provisions, section 104(c) and section 106(a), which enable DHS to grant an H-1B extension to an H-1B worker who has reached the six-year limit if certain milestones in the LPR process have been met. These two provisions are summarized below:
H-1B EXTENSION BEYOND SIX-YEAR LIMITATION UNDER AC21
AC21 Provision Section 104(c) Section 106(a)
Requirements for an H-1B Extension beyond the Sixth-Year Enables a three-year H-1B extension beyond the six-year maximum period if an H-1B worker:
(i) has an approved employment-based immigrant visa petition (I-140 petition) under the EB-1, EB-2, or EB-3 visa category, and
(ii) is eligible to be granted lawful permanent resident status but for per country limits on visa availability. Enables a one-year H-1B extension beyond the six-year maximum period if:
(i) 365 days or more have passed since the filing of a labor certification application on the H-1B worker's behalf, or
(ii) 365 days or more have passed since the filing of an I-140 petition.
Relevant Statutory Language Section 104(c) provides that the DHS Secretary (formerly the Attorney General) "may grant" such an extension to an eligible H-1B worker who meets the requirements of this section until the adjustment of status application has been adjudicated. Section 106(a) provides that the maximum six-year limit "shall not apply" to an H-1B worker who meets the requirements of this section and that the DHS Secretary "shall extend" the stay in one-year increments until such time as a final decision is made on the H-1B worker's adjustment of status application.
DHS is reportedly looking at whether it can stop approving H-1B extensions for H-1B workers who meet the requirements of section 104(c), by reinterpreting the "may grant" language as discretionary, and therefore that DHS may, but is not required to, approve such H-1B extensions.
Notably, as outlined above, section 106(a) of AC21 provides that the maximum six-year period of H-1B status "shall not apply" to H-1B workers who qualify for an H-1B extension under section 106(a) and that the DHS Secretary "shall extend" the stay of H-1B workers who meet the requirements in one-year increments until such time as a final decision is made on the H-1B worker's adjustment of status application. This provision, with its use of the word "shall," should be read as mandatory, and thus DHS would be required to approve the extension for those H-1B workers who met the requirements of section 106(a). As such, H-1B workers who could potentially be impacted by the reported proposed changes to AC21 section 104(c) should be able to continue to extend their H-1B status under section 106(a) of AC21, provided they have met the required milestones in the LPR process. This is even true for H-1B workers who initially did not meet the requirements of section 106(a) but who now, through the passage of time, qualify for the one-year extension."
AFP Article: "Florida's foreigners living in fear in the era of Trump"
Via AILA.org
This AFP article, which quotes several American Immigration Lawyers members, reports that undocumented individuals in Florida are living in a state of fear and confusion under the Trump administration. Those fears got even worse when Miami Mayor Carlos Gimenez decided on January 26, 2017, to bow to a defunding threat from President Trump and removed Miami from the list of so-called "sanctuary cities." According to the Migration Policy Institute, Florida is home to 650,000 immigrants who do not have legal residency status, and a study by the Pew Research Institute found that Miami had the fifth largest undocumented immigrant population in the United States, at 450,000 people.
in Department of Homeland Security, General News
Statement From Secretary Kelly On Recent ICE Enforcement Actions Via DHS.gov
WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched a series of targeted enforcement operations across the country. These operations targeted public safety threats, such as convicted criminal aliens and gang members, as well as individuals who have violated our nation's immigration laws, including those who illegally re-entered the country after being removed and immigration fugitives ordered removed by federal immigration judges.
in Department of Homeland Security, Executive Order, General News
DHS OIG: Inspector General Announces Review of Implementation of the President's Executive Order
The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General ("DHS OIG") announced late Wednesday that it will review DHS' implementation of "Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Entry into the United Stated by Foreign Nations" and adherence to court orders and allegations of individual misconduct, initiated due to congressional request and whistleblower and hotline complaints.
in Department of Homeland Security, Executive Order, General News, USCIS Guidelines and Announcements
Transcript of Media Availability on Executive Order with Secretary Kelly & DHS Leadership
WASHINGTON – Today Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly participated in a media availability alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Thomas Homan, and DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) Acting Undersecretary David Glawe to discuss the operational implementation of the president's executive orders. Following is a transcript of their remarks:
in AILA, Department of Homeland Security, Executive Order, General News, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, USCIS Guidelines and Announcements
48 Hours Later, Where Things Stand on the January 27 Executive Order
Via AILA
On January 27, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States." People all over the United States are rallying in opposition to this EO and showing their support for all of those individuals affected by President Trump's EOs. AILA lawyers across the country are showing up en masse to provide legal support to those detained, as well as to families and friends waiting for their loved ones to be released.
Last night, lawyers filed actions across the country to halt the January 27 EO. A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York issued the first order, granting a nationwide stay of removal preventing deportation for individuals with valid visas and approved refugee applications affected by the EO. The next decision came out of a federal court in Massachusetts – it went a bit further and barred federal officials from detaining or removing individuals subject to the EO. Two other courts also issued rulings. In a case filed in Virginia, the court ordered federal officials to provide lawyers access to "all legal permanent residents being detained at Dulles International Airport" and barred officials from deporting covered individuals for the next seven days. In the case out of Washington State, the federal judge barred the federal government from deporting two unnamed individuals from the United States.
Lawyers in the New York case are seeking clarification from the court.
The Department of Homeland Security put out a statement early today stating only that the agency "will comply with judicial orders."
More clarity was provided by Secretary Kelly of the Department of Homeland Security, who released a press statement this evening clarifying how the EO applies to LPRs: "I hereby deem the entry of lawful permanent residents to be in the national interest."
in Department of Homeland Security, E-2 Visas, E-3 Visas, Employment Based Green Cards, General News, L-1 Intracompany Visas, L-2 Visas, O-1 Visa
USCIS Publishes Final Rule For Certain Employment-Based Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa Programs
Via USCIS.gov
USCIS has published a final rule to modernize and improve several aspects of certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa programs. USCIS has also amended regulations to better enable U.S. employers to hire and retain certain foreign workers who are beneficiaries of approved employment-based immigrant visa petitions and are waiting to become lawful permanent residents. This rule goes into effect on Jan. 17, 2017.
Among other things, DHS is amending its regulations to:
Clarify and improve longstanding DHS policies and practices implementing sections of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act and the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act related to certain foreign workers, which will enhance USCIS' consistency in adjudication.
Better enable U.S. employers to employ and retain high-skilled workers who are beneficiaries of approved employment-based immigrant visa petitions (Form I-140 petitions) while also providing stability and job flexibility to these workers. The rule increases the ability of these workers to further their careers by accepting promotions, changing positions with current employers, changing employers and pursuing other employment opportunities.
Improve job portability for certain beneficiaries of approved Form I-140 petitions by maintaining a petition's validity under certain circumstances despite an employer's withdrawal of the approved petition or the termination of the employer's business.
Clarify and expand when individuals may keep their priority date when applying for adjustment of status to lawful permanent residence.
Allow certain high-skilled individuals in the United States with E-3, H-1B, H-1B1, L-1 or O-1 nonimmigrant status, including any applicable grace period, to apply for employment authorization for a limited period if:
They are the principal beneficiaries of an approved Form I-140 petition,
An immigrant visa is not authorized for issuance for their priority date, and
They can demonstrate compelling circumstances exist that justify DHS issuing an employment authorization document in its discretion.
Such employment authorization may only be renewed in limited circumstances and only in one year increments.
Clarify various policies and procedures related to the adjudication of H-1B petitions, including, among other things, providing H-1B status beyond the six year authorized period of admission, determining cap exemptions and counting workers under the H-1B cap, H-1B portability, licensure requirements and protections for whistleblowers.
Establish two grace periods of up to 10 days for individuals in the E-1, E-2, E-3, L-1, and TN nonimmigrant classifications to provide a reasonable amount of time for these individuals to prepare to begin employment in the country and to depart the United States or take other actions to extend, change, or otherwise maintain lawful status.
Establish a grace period of up to 60 consecutive days during each authorized validity period for certain high-skilled nonimmigrant workers when their employment ends before the end of their authorized validity period, so they may more readily pursue new employment and an extension of their nonimmigrant status.
Automatically extend the employment authorization and validity of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs or Form I-766s) for certain individuals who apply on time to renew their EADs.
Eliminate the regulatory provision that requires USCIS to adjudicate the Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, within 90 days of filing and that authorizes interim EADs in cases where such adjudications are not conducted within the 90-day timeframe.
in Department of Homeland Security, USCIS Guidelines and Announcements
USCIS now considers Same-Sex Marriages valid: Green Card Applications OK
Implementation of the Supreme Court Ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act
Statement from Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano:
English: Official portrait of United States Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano Español: Retrato oficial de Secretaria de Seguridad Interna de los Estados Unidos Janet Napolitano (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
"After last week's decision by the Supreme Court holding that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, President Obama directed federal departments to ensure the decision and its implication for federal benefits for same-sex legally married couples are implemented swiftly and smoothly. To that end, effective immediately, I have directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to review immigration visa petitions filed on behalf of a same-sex spouse in the same manner as those filed on behalf of an opposite-sex spouse."
in Articles and Commentaries, Consulate News, General News, H-1B Visas, US Department of State
IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY APPLAUDS NEWLY ANNOUNCED DHS REFORMS IN FURTHERANCE OF ATTRACTING AND RETAINING HIGHLY SKILLED IMMIGRANTS/INVESTORS AND CALLS FOR PARALLEL CHANGES IN THE U.S. CONSULAR PROCESSING SYSTEM
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced substantial changes to our immigration system by way of a two prong strategy aimed at retaining highly skilled immigrants and increasing investment in the U.S. by foreign investors, reports U.S. Immigration lawyer Ashwin Sharma. The DHS announced this week that it would add to or modify established immigration processes so as to further President Obama's commitments to:
1. The Creation of a "Startup Visa,"
2. Strengthening the H-1B nonimmigrant professional program,
3. "Stapling" green cards to the diplomas of certain foreign-born graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and make improvements to existing programs.
The DHS hopes that these and other proposed changes will attract and retain highly-skilled immigrants.
Ashwin Sharma, a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, applauds the DHS's actions and calls for parallel changes within the U.S. Department of State's Consular Posts. "We urgently require these changes and more, particularly with regard to professionals and investors. It has never been more difficult for tourists, professionals or investors to legally enter this country and contribute to the American economy. Our various immigration departments and agencies are interpreting the same laws differently. The U.S. Consulates, for example, appear to be ignoring specific Congressional mandates. Furthermore, there appears to be little communication between DHS and the Consulates which results in the inexplicable penalization of valuable immigrants."
Mr. Sharma continued, "For example, to fill a specialty occupation with an H-1B professional worker, a U.S. employer may pay up to $5,500 just in government filing fees, provide hundreds or thousands of pages to DHS in support, make applicable attestations, answer up to one or two DHS queries and remain ready for a random on-site inspection. However, even after obtaining an approval subsequent to this rigorous and expensive adjudication process, which will have to be repeated each time an employer files a case, an employer may learn that their H-1B employee(s) are barred from reentering the U.S. after a short visit abroad. These employee(s) may be held abroad for months or years, away from their family, home and of course, job. U.S. employers of those encountering such a situation often lose contracts, profits and incur harm to their corporate reputation."
"A U.S. Consular officer may deny entry to the U.S. to anyone, even someone with a DHS approved H-1B. Such a denial follows, generally, a two to five minute interview in which a Consular officer quickly flips through the same documentation previously scrutinized by the DHS. Presently, the main reason for such denials for H-1B IT workers appears predicated on Consular Officers' outdated interpretation of what constitutes an "employee-employer" relationship within the H-1B context. This definition however, has been substantially modified by DHS and DHS Chief Napolitano since the original, restrictive definition was announced in January of 2010. Unfortunately, no one seems to have issued the revisions to the Consulates. Further, it appears that a substantial percentage of such H-1B visa denials may be improper. This is because the Foreign Affairs Manual ("FAM") guidelines for Consulates state that a U.S. Consular Officer may only deny a case on very specific grounds, that is, the discovery of new negative facts not previously known to DHS in the course of DHS' adjudication. For example, 9 FAM 41.53(d) states that,"
"…The consular officer must suspend action on this alien's application and submit a report to the approving DHS office if the consular officer knows or has reason to believe that an alien applying for a visa under INA 101(a)(15)(H) is not entitled to the classification as approved."
Mr. Sharma highlighted a selection in the FAM which indicates a Consular officer,
"…must have specific evidence of a requirement for automatic revocation, misrepresentation in the petition process, lack of qualification on the part of the beneficiary, or of other previously unknown facts, which might alter USCIS's finding before requesting review of an approved Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker."
Mr. Sharma noted that, "The FAM repeatedly emphasizes that DHS, the original adjudicator of the petition, should be given greater deference than Consulates in reviewing the qualifications of a particular alien for "H" status, and that Consulates should rely on DHS expertise, and not their own. This is not only so because Congress explicitly and implicitly assigned "responsibility" and "authority" of making such a decision to DHS but also because of the complexity of H petitions in general."
"By mandating a preliminary petition process, Congress placed responsibility and authority with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to determine whether the alien meets the required qualifications for "H" status. Because DHS regulations governing adjudication of H petitions are complex, you should rely on the expertise of DHS in this area." 9 FAM 41.53 N2.1 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Responsible for Adjudicating H Petitions"
Mr. Sharma stated, "Another unambiguous demand for Consulates' deference to DHS is contained in 9 FAM 41.53 N2.2, under the heading entitled, "Approved Petition Is Prima Facie Evidence of Entitlement to H Classification". Subsection (a) of this section makes it abundantly clear that the Consulate or Consular officer should not make any adverse decision on an H-1B petition approved by DHS, unless the Consulate discovers (presumably material) information during the visa interview that was not available to DHS,"
"You do not have the authority to question the approval of H petitions without specific evidence, unavailable to DHS at the time of petition approval, that the beneficiary may not be entitled to status. The large majority of approved H petitions are valid, and involve bona fide establishments, relationships, and individual qualifications that conform to the DHS regulations in effect at the time the H petition was filed."
Mr. Sharma emphasized that it is "only if the Consulate discovers material not known to the DHS is it advised to issue a request for evidence in the following note (b),"
"If information develops during the visa interview (e.g., evidence which was not available to DHS) that gives you reason to believe that the beneficiary may not be entitled to status, you may request any additional evidence which bears a reasonable relationship to this issue. "
Mr. Sharma provided another example in 9 FAM 41.53 N2.3, "Referring Approved H Petition to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Reconsideration" which he stated "…reemphasizes an often ignored directive: that Consular officers,"
"… should consider all approved H petitions in light of these Notes, process those applications that appear to be legitimate, identify those applications which require local investigation, and identify those petitions that require referral to the approving U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office for reconsideration. Refer petitions to USCIS for reconsideration sparingly, to avoid inconveniencing bona fide petitioners and beneficiaries and causing duplication of effort by USCIS. You must have specific evidence of a requirement for automatic revocation, misrepresentation in the petition process, lack of qualification on the part of the beneficiary, or of other previously unknown facts, which might alter USCIS's finding before requesting review of an approved Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker."
Mr. Sharma concluded, "It is highly improbable that freshly discovered documentary evidence, both material in nature and unavailable to DHS at the time of original adjudication, could be discovered during the course of a typically rapid Consulate interview for the majority of H-1B petitions that have been denied recently. Visa applicants and their employers obey the law, 'wait their turn' and pay the requisite fees but are often those most ill treated by our system. These individuals are suffering harm because of the carelessness, ignorance and a lack of communication within and among our Immigration agencies, particularly at the Consular level. This may be one of the major reasons why our economy suffers; tourists, students, investors and professionals are increasingly selecting emigration to Australia and Canada over the U.S. and its unpredictable, almost schizophrenic immigration system. I welcome the DHS' proposed changes but they will have little impact if the U.S. Department of State's Consulates continue to ignore them."
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DEED Approves Job Creation Funding for Five Businesses
Businesses commit to investing $20.7 million, creating 131 jobs
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ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) approved grants totaling nearly $706,000 to support five business expansion projects in Greater Minnesota.
Grants from the Job Creation Fund were approved for projects in Glenwood, Stewartville, Albert Lea, Monticello and Zimmerman. Four of the businesses are majority woman-owned firms.
"Supporting business expansions like these is exactly what the Minnesota Job Creation Fund is designed to do," said Governor Mark Dayton. "I congratulate these Minnesota businesses and their hard-working employees for their successes. We are grateful for their contributions to our economy and for the 131 new jobs these expansions will create."
"These five small businesses are investing in themselves and their communities," said DEED Commissioner Shawntera Hardy. "With support from the Job Creation Fund, they will put $20.7 million into local expansion projects and create 131 jobs."
The Job Creation Fund, which was created by Gov. Mark Dayton in 2013, is a pay-for-performance program that provides funding to businesses after they meet certain criteria, including minimum requirements for job creation and private investments. Under the program, businesses must create at least 10 full-time jobs and invest at least $500,000 to be eligible for financial assistance in the Twin Cities metro and create at least five full-time jobs and invest at least $250,000 in Greater Minnesota.
Since the Job Creation Fund was launched in January 2014, DEED has awarded about $38.1 million for 87 business expansion projects in Minnesota. Companies have committed to creating 5,252 full-time jobs and investing more than $1 billion to expand.
The following is a breakdown of the latest funding round:
Bondhus Corp., Monticello, $175,300
Bondhus is a majority woman-owned firm that manufactures a wide range of hand tools. The company plans to invest $2.3 million to build a 12,600-square-foot addition and make other site improvements for a new product line. Company officials plan to create 15 jobs within three years at wages that average $20.69 per hour.
Clyde Machines, Glenwood, $100,000
This majority woman-owned business manufactures ground support equipment for the airline industry. The company plans to invest $9.2 million to build a 100,000-square-foot building to expand production and will create 15 jobs paying wages that average $14.37 an hour.
GEOTEK, Stewartville, $175,400
GEOTEK specializes in manufacturing fiberglass composite products including composite crossarms for the electric utility industry. The company plans to invest $5.8 million to purchase and renovate a building near its existing facility and acquire equipment for production at the new facility. GEOTEK expects to create 62 jobs within five years at wages averaging $16.91 an hour.
Mortarr LLC, Albert Lea, $175,000
Mortarr is a majority woman-owned software business startup specializing in the commercial construction and design industry. The company plans to invest $1 million to renovate a historic building that will serve as its headquarters in downtown Albert Lea. Officials anticipate creating 34 jobs within two years at wages that average $22.29 per hour.
Reliant Systems Inc., Zimmerman, $80,000
This majority woman-owned manufacturing firm makes custom-designed products for the semiconductor and medical industries. Plans call for investing $2.4 million to build a 28,000-square-foot facility. Five jobs will be created at salaries that pay an average of $26.20 per hour.
DEED is the state's principal economic development agency, promoting business recruitment, expansion and retention, workforce development, international trade and community development. For more details about the agency and its services, visit the DEED website or follow us on Twitter.
Upon request, this information can be made available in alternate formats for people with disabilities by contacting the DEED Communications Office at 651-259-7161.


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Dobell show delves deeply into the imaginative, interior world
John McDonald
November 27, 2020 — 3.41pm
Most children draw instinctively as a way of understanding and taking control of the world. If the great majority of us stop drawing at a certain age it's not because we have attained a level of mastery. On the contrary, at around nine or 10 – so psychologists tell us – we become self-critical, feeling we don't draw well enough.
Danie Mellor A time of the world's making 2019 (detail). Credit:Art Gallery of NSW
Artists were those children who remained pleased with their efforts and continued to get pleasure from drawing. It's easy to spot an aspiring artist: they're the ones who draw in the margins of their school books. They're the ones who ignore St Paul's advice that adults should put away childish things. We should all be thankful for their efforts because a world with no time for the playful activity of drawing would be a desolate place.
On the other hand the all-encompassing satisfaction an artist can take from their own work explains why so many are utterly self-absorbed. If we say an artist "lives in another world", that's an observation rather than a criticism.
In Real Worlds, the latest instalment of the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial, curator Anne Ryan brings together the work of eight artists who delve deeply into their own imaginations. She might just as easily have chosen artists who specialise in landscapes, portraits or still lifes; she might have looked at abstract artists for whom drawing is primarily a matter of process, mood or gesture. Instead, she has opted for eight, highly individualistic talents that resist categorisation.
It's an adventurous selection. Two out of the eight are women, a division only a female curator could pull off nowadays. Danie Mellor is probably the most high-profile inclusion while Peter Mungkuri is a rising star. Helen Wright and Matt Coyle have well-established reputations; Martin Bell, Nathan Hawkes, Becc Ország and Jack Stahel might be classed as emerging artists.
If proof were required that art is a way of extending childhood indefinitely, look no further than Martin Bell's monumental, Martin Son of the Universe, what me worry 2018-19.
Martin Son of the Universe, what me worry (2018-2019) by Martin Bell. Credit:Art Gallery of NSW
On 75 sheets of paper, Bell has crammed in every toy, action figure and superhero, every snippet from Mad magazine that crowded into his pre-pubescent mind during the 1980s. This pen-and-ink extravaganza has overtones of Bosch and Bruegel without the underlying threats of damnation. There is no implicit moralising in Bell's work, merely an inventory of the countless pieces of pop cultural data the average child might have absorbed from comic books, TV and movies.
It may have seemed like heaven at the time but this avalanche of characters resembles a kind of hell when it is all brought together in a vast, retrospective panorama. How could one even begin to decode the ideological messages, the wholesome or subversive aspects of this plague of images? Bell's multi-panelled drawing is big enough to wallpaper a room, should anyone enjoy the idea of being completely enclosed in their own (or the artist's) childhood obsessions.
Matt Coyle's works have a crisp, graphic quality but are as cryptic as stills from an unknown movie. In Dugout, a pair of hands in blue gloves hover over a figure that looks as if it has been buried under a pile of wreckage. In The switch, a rough-looking character in a hoodie manhandles a head, against a nocturnal backdrop of façade-like houses and craggy mountains.
Coyle's illustrative urges make him a natural complement for artists such as Bell and Nathan Hawkes, whose large, brightly coloured pastel drawings have a dream-like quality. Hawkes's fantasies have no gothic tendencies, as the artist takes such obvious enjoyment in the delicate play of colour his medium allows. One can appreciate the skill and patience that has gone into these pictures because badly-used pastel can degenerate into a smudgy mess.
Dreamed summer hour of your childhood 2020, by Nathan Hawkes. Credit:Art Gallery of NSW
Hawkes has a taste for vaguely poetic titles such as dreamed summer hour of your childhood – a striking image of a red brick wall with a schematic figure lying slumped on the grass in the foreground. The decoration and ambiguity are reminiscent of artists such as Pierre Bonnard and Odilon Redon. In at least two of these works, bright, diffuse light plays a prominent role but it's nothing like the harsh glare of an Aussie summer's day.
Danie Mellor is the only other artist that employs colour – in his case a distinctive blue, as found on Delftware. It symbolises a mixture of the exotic and domestic, the commodification of an oriental style for a Western market. Mellor depicts the lush rainforests of far north Queensland as they might have appeared on a dinner plate, interrupting this ironic idyll with the Lilliputian forms of Aboriginal people clambering through the shrubs and trees.
Danie Mellor's work at the Real worlds, Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial, 2020. Credit:Christopher Snee
These images are ways of framing and reimagining the pre-colonial past. Mellor, who is of mixed Indigenous and Celtic ancestry, is fascinated by Indigenous knowledge, although he can't disavow his own, cosmopolitan underpinnings. The critical aspect of these images is offset by a powerful nostalgia.
There's no ambiguity about Peter Mungkuri, who hails from Indulkana in the South Australian desert regions. Mungkuri's black-and-white images of trees are as dynamic as anything dreamed up by the Futurists. They are so full of abstract energy it's almost impossible to visualise the hot, dry landscape from which they originate. The four panels of Mungkuri's Punu Ngura (Country with trees) provide a dramatic illustration of the way an Indigenous artist views his own country, seeing abundance and fertility where a visitor might see only dry, red earth.
Peter Mungkuri's Punu Ngura (Country with trees) 2019 (detail). Credit:Christopher Snee
Becc Ország's fastidiously detailed landscapes give the impression of close observation, but these scenes have been sourced from the internet and subtly transformed before being set down in pencil on paper. Antique heads pop up like ruins of a lost civilisation, a tiny golden cross glints in the sky, disjointed words and phrases drift across the bottom of the picture. Ország's technique may be painstaking, but she also practises a form of free association, threading tiny stories and symbols into her non-specific forests.
Helen Wright and Jack Stahel both present personal visions of science and technology. Wright's two large Scrap stack drawings show a remarkable concern for composition in crafting images of decay and disorder. The artist is lamenting our mania for progress at all costs, the tide of waste and built-in obsolescence upon which our civilisation surfs. And yet, her apocalyptic visions of junk are Baroque in nature, imbued with a perverse form of beauty.
Becc Ország Fantasy of virtue / All things and nothing 2018–20 (detail). Credit:Art Gallery of NSW
Stahel, the youngest artist in the show, stages an elaborate scientific masquerade, complete with diagrams, three-dimensional fragments of broken machinery and tiny scraps of writing. It's pure science fiction: part homage, part satire. There's little concern for aesthetics but an impressive feeling of obsession – as if we're looking at a hobby pushed to psychotic extremes.
Stahel's reality may not be yours or mine, but the curator's theme seems to argue for the existence of multiple "real" worlds. She posits an expanded view of what is real, accepting that each of us inhabits a personal reality that may diverge sharply from our shared, day-to-day version. The positive spin on that idea is to be found in Walt Whitman's exclamation: "I am large, I contain multitudes". It works well within the art gallery, but look to America today to see the negative consequences of living in a land of multiple realities.
Dobell Drawing Biennial 2020: Real Worlds, Art Gallery of NSW, until February 7, 2021.
John McDonald is an art critic and regular columnist with Good Weekend.


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Fantasian, By Final Fantasy Creator, Now Available On Apple Arcade in Canada
A Stylish Game With Multiple Play Style Options
Dayna Eileen | April 2, 2021
Fantasian, inspired by Final Fantasy VI, has been released on Apple Arcade in Canada.
The game was created by Hironobu Sakaguchi's studio, Mistwalker, and is being released in time for the 16th anniversary of his previous game Final Fantasy VI. We reported on the game early in March with no release date in sight, but almost one month later to the day, Fantasian is available for download on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.
The game was created after Sakaguchi played Final Fantasy VI with a few colleagues that originally worked on the game with him, "That really renewed my interest and love in this classic JRPG genre, and gave me an opportunity to return to my roots," thus inspiring him to create something classic. The crafting that went into Fantasian is a true work of art with over 150 handcrafted dioramas setting the scene for the game. More than 150 people worked on the designs and then 3D characters were overlaid on the physical scenes to create the game. Mistwalker wanted players to feel fully immersed in the environment, allowing the full rotation of each scene.
Fantasian players can expect all the traditional JRPG tasks like dungeons, travelling between different towns, random encounters, NPCs and turn based combat. Developers have created the Dimengeon system, which combines dungeons and dimensions by allowing players to tuck their battles away for later. On your journey, you'll be able to take your random encounters and banish them to another dimension to defeat them all in one fell swoop when you're better prepared.
Some fans on Twitter have been disappointed that the game will only come to mobile, but Jessica Chavez, a freelance writer who worked on the game, has assured players that it has been adapted for everyone's preferences. After a fan stated that they would not be playing because it is on mobile, and hopes the game is released for consoles one day, she noted, "No worries. I hear ya. It can be played on Apple TV and with a controller, though, if the fancy ever takes you! Looks fab on the iPad/everything I've seen it on." So controller savvy players can join in on the action too!
No worries. I hear ya. It can be played on Apple TV and with a controller, though, if the fancy ever takes you! Looks fab on the iPad/everything I've seen it on. ?
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Developed with touch screen controls in mind, Fantasian is an exclusive release for Apple Arcade. The game is now available for download in Canada, just slightly earlier than its Japan release.
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Roland Kluttig and the Coburg Philharmonic Orchestra perform my orchestration of Prince Albert's 'Ein Ständchen' in this special event.
Includes my arrangement of Rawsthorne's 'They that go down to the sea in ships'. The Wirral Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Walters.
Includes the second performance of my violin duo 'Skylight' alongside works by composers including Lillie Harris and Robin Haigh.
Richard's new arrangement of Butterworth's piece is performed as part of the Royal College of Music's 'Passing Youth' concert series.
Richard's new piece for mezzo-soprano and string quartet is premiered by Liverpool Philharmionic Youth Company musicians.
Richard directs the Havant Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Brahms 4 and the Haydn Cello Concerto, featuring rising star Ruth Hallows.
In this concert, also featuring Tchaikovsky's 4th symphony, Richard conducts Borodin's fiery 'Overture' to 'Prince Igor'.
Richard conducts the St Cecilia Collective in a performance of Walton and Sitwell's 'Façade' with narrator Rosalind Dobson.
Conductor Gabriella Teychenné and Ensemble Humanitas give the London premiere of my piece 'Nighthawks' alongside music by Delius and Mozart.
In this concert, which also includes Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition', Richard conducts Delius' 'The Walk to the Paradise Garden'.
The Igneous Ensemble give the premiere of Richard's 'Two Movements' for septet, alongside Ravel's 'Introduction and Allegro'.
Richard's carol 'There is no rose' was performed by the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir in the RLPO's 'Spirit of Christmas' concerts.
Richard's debut as Assistant Conductor of the Havant Symphony Orchestra. He conducts Butterworth's melancholic work 'A Shropshire Lad'.
The concert also includes Parry's 'Songs of Farewell'. Free entry; a collection will be held in aid of the Rohingya Refugees.
Master of the Queen's Music Judith Weir and the BBC Singers, conducted by James Morgan, workshop a setting of 'Lay a Garland'.
Musicians from the Royal College of Music premiere Richard's raucous new work based on the Hogarth engraving of the same name.
Anna Webster and Owen Nicolaou premiere a new piece for clarinet and double bass.
Violinist Bethan Allmand gives the world premiere of 'Rope' at this free lunchtime concert.
An ensemble of professional musicians perform a new sextet as part of the RCM's 'Composers' Studio' series.
Richard's orchestration of Prince Albert's 'Ein Ständchen' is premiered by Louise Alder, the RCM Symphony Orchestra and John Wilson.
The Solva Duo give the UK premiere of 'Mamiraki' alongside other music for flute and harp by Piazzolla, Françaix and Bach.
With the Choir of St. Michael's and the St. Cecilia Ensemble. Free entry; a collection will be taken for the recent tragedy in Haiti.
The Igneous Ensemble perform Richard's arrangement of Perotin's 'Salvatoris Hodie'.
Emma Oldfield and Ellie Consta perform Richard's new violin duo piece 'Skylight'.
The Students' Film Orchestra commemorates the 90th birthday of RCM composition professor Joseph Horovitz in this concert of screen classics.
The St Cecilia Ensemble perform music by Debussy and Ravel as well as the premiere of Richard's 'Requiescat: In Memoriam Roz Kelly'.
This concert, dedicated to Alan Rickman, featured the music of the Harry Potter films and was attended by HSH Prince Max of Lichtenstein.
Conservatoire musicians and singers from London performed Fauré's Requiem in memory of the victims of recent terror attacks.
Including the world premiere concert performance of Franz Waxman's suite for Hitchcock's 'Rebecca', in the film's 75th anniversary year.


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Backwell School is a popular school and has been oversubscribed for a number of years. The maximum intake for Year 7 is 270 students and places will be allocated as per the over-subscription criteria detailed in our Admission Arrangements. Our first geographical area (catchment area) is also outlined in this document, however parents living outside of this area are also welcome to apply.
Year 7 Intake - September 2023
Our Open Evening and School Tours for 2022 have now finished.
Guidance on applying to Backwell School for September 2023 can be found here.
You can find lots of information about the school, and how we support students on our website:
Places arising 'in-year' are rare and so parents interested in gaining a place for their child, outside of the Year 7 intake, should email the school in the first instance: mailbox@backwellschool.net.
We cannot offer prospective tours of the school, however all families will be invited in to visit us if we can offer a place when applying 'in-year'.
Please note that school admission requests and enquiries are dealt with during term time only.
Will a move really be in my child's best interests? An application to change a child's school will need careful consideration. It is vital that parents consider the effect on their child if they are considering changing schools.
For the last two years of secondary school (Years 10 and 11), when children are preparing for their GCSE's it is generally considered that changing schools at this stage should be avoided. This is because it may have a damaging effect on the examination results your child can achieve. Schools do not always offer the same combination of subjects and syllabi and examination requirements can differ, as schools do not all use the same examination boards.
For information about admission to the Sixth Form please click here to view the Sixth Form Admission page of the website.
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Map showing Backwell School catchment area
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 Tor Hedberg, Bonnier, Eva Fredrika, in «Svenskt biografiskt lexikon», 5, pp. 436-438.

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Philadelphia Zoning, Land Use, and Construction COVID-19 Update - April 30, 2020
This is a current status report on a number of key items, including several changes since our April 22, 2020 update. We will continue to update this list, which may change as new information becomes available. Please call or e-mail the Ballard Spahr Zoning and Land Use Team with any questions regarding this information; in particular, please consult with an attorney regarding all filing deadlines.
State and City Government – General
With limited exceptions, all Philadelphia government buildings are closed to the public, and all non-essential government operations are suspended.
Pursuant to a March 19 order, updated on March 24, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ordered all non-life sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania to close their physical locations and to remain closed until further notice. The list of life sustaining and non-life sustaining businesses is available here. These non-life sustaining businesses will be allowed to open on a phased, regional basis beginning May 8. Construction related businesses, however, may reopen beginning May 1, as described in the Mayor's Executive Order. More information about the Governor's phased approach can be found here.
Until businesses are allowed to reopen, state agencies and local officials have been instructed to take enforcement actions against all non-life sustaining businesses that are not compliant. These enforcement actions include citations, fines, license suspensions, or criminal charges, along with the forfeiture of any applicable disaster relief, and the termination of State or grant funding, including Redevelopment Assistance Capital Project funding. Requests for exemptions from business closure requirements were due by April 3.
In response to the Governor's order, the Mayor of Philadelphia issued a City order, available here. The City order prohibits the operation of non-essential businesses and defines the terms "essential" and "non-essential." The order also states that businesses performing Essential Governmental Functions, including essential construction for the City of Philadelphia and the School District of Philadelphia, need not obtain an exemption from the State to continue work. Businesses conducting essential infrastructure projects for the City have been notified by government officials. Any construction sites permitted to continue construction must practice social distancing and prioritize the health and safety of their workers, as described in the Mayor's April 29, 2020, Executive Order. Construction requirements are discussed in greater detail below.
All previously scheduled Philadelphia public hearings remain postponed, including meetings of the Historical Commission, City Planning Commission, Art Commission, Board of Building Standards, and Civic Design Review Committee. It appears unlikely that any City public meetings will be held during the month of April. Although, on April 20, Governor Wolf signed into law Act 15, formerly Senate Bill 841, which allows public meetings and hearings to take place virtually.
Under Act 15, local agencies may conduct public meetings or hearings through an "authorized telecommunications device" that allows, at a minimum, audio communication between individuals. The local agency must notify the public of the proceeding and allow for public participation to the extent practicable, with questions or comments submitted via e-mail or postal mail.
Notably, Act 15 does not require local agencies to conduct virtual meetings, and municipalities retain their discretion to proceed with such meetings. If an applicant submits a request for a meeting and an agency does proceed, the applicant and parties receiving notice of the proceeding are deemed to have waived any challenge to the proceeding under laws governing notice or participation in the meeting. In Philadelphia, it is not clear if Act 15 covers meetings convened by Registered Community Organizations (RCOs), which are required under the Philadelphia Code to hold public meetings as part of the Civic Design Review and Zoning Board of Adjustment processes. The current RCO meeting requirement is holding up many midsize to large projects in Philadelphia, even those that are as-of-right under the Philadelphia Zoning Code.
Tolling of Deadlines
Act 15 also hits the pause button on municipal approvals, tolling—for a 30 day period—the number of days otherwise provided by law to satisfy statutory time limits. Specifically, time limits for reviews, hearings and decisions are suspended as of the date of the COVID-19 emergency declaration, or as of the date an application is received during the emergency. Time limits will resume 30 days after the effective date of Act 15. This suspension of deadlines applies to the expirations of zoning and building permits, as well as the deadlines for municipal agencies to act on applications before they are automatically deemed to have been approved.
Lastly, due to the COVID-19 emergency, the City has also suspended the deadlines for all pending and incoming Right-To-Know requests until normal operations resume. Urgent Right-To-Know inquiries may be directed to Feige Grundman at feige.grundman@phila.gov. The inquiry should include an explanation detailing the urgent need for the information and a request that the relevant department, agency or office continue to review the inquiry during the period of official emergency declaration.
Pursuant to the Governor's order, all construction and construction-related businesses in Pennsylvania were required to shut down their physical locations until further notice. Starting May 1, all construction-related businesses will be allowed to reopen in accordance with Governor Wolf's and Mayor Kenney's orders. Upon restarting, businesses must adhere to safety guidelines issued by Pennsylvania's Secretary of Health and the Centers for Disease Control. Construction in Philadelphia must adhere to guidance issued by the Mayor by Executive Order on April 29. More information about the restart of construction can be found here, and the Mayor's guidance can be found here.
Until May 1, the moratorium on construction remains in place. This mandated shutdown, however, does not apply to emergency repairs, substantially completed residential projects, or the construction of health care facilities. Per the Governor's guidance, a project is considered "substantially completed" if a final occupancy permit has been issued for the property. All other residential construction projects may only continue to the extent necessary to stabilize the site, temporarily prevent weather damage, or make emergency repairs. No new construction or non-emergency rehabilitation or remodeling may be performed. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry is suspending certain regulations related to building construction (where permitted), including but not limited to the expiration of asbestos professional licenses and lead professional certifications.
In Philadelphia, all non-life sustaining, non-emergency construction sites had until March 27 to be made safe and secure. L&I is tracking all stop work orders issued for non-compliant work sites and will pursue action against non-compliant license holders. Failure to comply with the City's order will result in the issuance of violations and a corresponding fine of $1,000 per day of violation, the suspension or revocation of the contractor's license, and a referral to Commonwealth authorities.
Testing, maintenance, certification and repair of life safety systems may continue. Construction to ensure the safety of a building and habitability of an occupied residence may continue as long as permission is obtained from the Department of Licenses and Inspections. The permission request must include the project address, permit number, the nature of the work, the time required, and the proposed safety provisions. Requests to perform structural work or weatherproofing should include site pictures and engineering reports about the needed construction. Contractors must also obtain a permit within three days of commencing any emergency repairs and replacements. Additional guidance can be found here.
If a waiver was granted, the business is limited to the scope of the waiver and is subject to compliance with social distancing and other mitigation measures issued by the State to protect employees and the public. The business must also provide proof of the waiver, including the specific job site, to L&I via e-mail at codeissues@phila.gov and to the Water Department at pwd.planreview@phila.gov.
If a construction business is exempt from the shutdown, due to its classification as a life-sustaining business, it should notify L&I and the Water Department of its exempt status. Even though the business is exempt, it cannot begin construction unless the construction pertains to one of the permitted categories enumerated above or otherwise complies with the Mayor's guidance.
Licenses and Inspections
L&I employees working on zoning and building permits are generally telecommuting. L&I's online eCLIPSE permitting and licensing system has been live since mid-March. In general, all electronic applications are being processed under standard review times. Since the majority of applications are being processed in under 10 days, L&I has suspended accelerated review. Currently, L&I is in the final stages of processing all paper applications received before the shutdown. L&I guidance on obtaining permits for pre-eCLIPSE applications is available here. We have successfully obtained permits based on pre-eCLIPSE applications. If you have not received any information regarding your paper application, you should contact L&I at codeissues@phila.gov. All physical copies of issued permits will be held at the Municipal Services Building at 1401 JFK Boulevard until the City shutdown ends, but electronic copies will be made available, along with electronic billing statements. The Municipal Services Building also has a small security staff on site that is receiving mail deliveries to L&I during normal business hours, but visitation by the public is prohibited.
L&I maintains a crew of inspectors who prioritize inspections based on the severity of building and safety issues. Crew members will also conduct inspections for compliance with violation orders. The Department requests that all inspections be scheduled through its Interactive Voice Recognition system (IVR). Instructions for IVR are available here. If a contractor needs to meet a critical deadline, he/she should e-mail L&I at codeissues@phila.gov.
Notably, contractors will not be able to schedule inspections if their licenses are not up to date. To schedule an inspection, the contractor must update his/her insurance and tax clearance documents in eCLIPSE. To obtain a "make safe" permit for a dangerous building, an appointment must be scheduled with L&I. Instructions for requesting a "make safe" permit are available here.
L&I has suspended the expiration of previously issued permits during the shutdown; applicants should disregard any automated notifications received in the meantime. Formal guidance will be issued in the coming days. L&I has also suspended all deadlines for filing appeals otherwise due after March 13. The time for filing appeals will likely be extended for two weeks in every instance where the original filing deadline would have fallen after March 13. The suspension of the appeal filing deadlines may be extended further at the discretion of the Chair of the License and Inspection Review Board. All appeals currently before the Board will be stayed until further notice unless the Board determines an emergency warrants immediate consideration. An emergency is defined as anything that immediately concerns public health, safety, and welfare.
Anyone requesting an emergency hearing must complete an Emergency Hearing Appeal Form and submit it to michelle.rand@phila.gov, suletazba@gmail.com, kristin.bray@phila.gov, Joanna.klein@phila.gov, and lawcodeenforce@phila.gov. Upon receipt of the form, the Board will either deny the request or schedule an emergency hearing that will take place telephonically.
Permit denials and the ability to appeal are currently available through eCLIPSE if the denial was issued after March 15. In addition, the Board of Building Standards and the Plumbing Advisory Board will begin holding hearings virtually starting in May. Participation in the hearings will be optional.
All ZBA hearings through May 16 have been cancelled and will be rescheduled once the Board reopens, which will likely occur a few weeks after the City reopens. When the Board reopens, additional hearings will be scheduled to account for the backlog. In addition, the ZBA is suspending indefinitely all deadlines for filing appeals otherwise due after March 13.
Registered Community Organizations will not be penalized for postponing community meetings after March 13. The RCOs are encouraged to work with developers to figure out an alternative to public meetings. At this time, the City will not be changing the statutory timelines for when a case must be heard by the ZBA. The Zoning Board will not, however, hear a variance or special exception case when an RCO meeting was not held due to the COVID-19 shutdown period. In any event, at this time, it is not clear when the statutory 45-day RCO consultation period commences. We are hopeful that the City will provide guidance on this issue in the coming days.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
By order of Gov. Tom Wolf, Pennsylvania DEP offices throughout the Commonwealth remain closed. However, much of the regional staff is telecommuting and reachable in connection with inquiries on the status of pending environmental approvals/applications. The U.S. EPA remains open via telecommuting options, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers also is reachable.
Developers may have some flexibility in their efforts to comply with environmental laws, at least as far as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is concerned. Provided that "good faith" efforts are made to comply, and incidents of non-compliance are remedied and documented, EPA's latest enforcement guidelines offer some understandable relief as Companies struggle to comply with Covid-19 requirements. The policy should apply to enforcement of nearly all federal environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and its NPDES Storm Water pre- and post-construction permit control requirements. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has chosen to handle such matters on a case by case basis, requiring those who have failed to comply as a result of the Covid-19 crisis to submit an application for an enforcement waiver. Here is a link to our Environmental Group's e-alert on that topic. Here is a link to the previous Ballard Spahr e-alert discussing the EPA policy.
On April 7, the PADEP announced guidance regarding Chapter 102 Earth Disturbance Permits. Only those permittees that are engaged in life sustaining businesses may continue to do move earth. Non-life sustaining business are directed to cease further site work, stabilize the site, and wait for contrary determinations. Ballard Spahr's Environmental Group has prepared an alert on that and other guidance announced by PADEP in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Linear Infrastructure Permitting
A Federal District Court in Montana has invalidated US Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permit 12 because the Court found that the Corps did not, while reauthorizing the general permit in 2017, take into proper account the impact of use of the permit on certain endangered species. As a result, work on the Keystone XL Pipeline through areas of Montana has been impacted. The permit has been relied upon by developers of linear infrastructure projects, as it authorizes the filling of jurisdictional wetlands along the route of such developments as electric transmission projects, gas pipeline projects, rail projects, etc. The decision in Northern Plains Resource Council v. United States Army Corps of Engineers can be reviewed here, and has left developers of such projects scrambling to identify other Nationwide Permits that may be utilized to keep projects moving forward and avoid the need to seek individual wetland fill permits for work along the entire route.
Permit Postings
Zoning and building permits should still be posted on properties in the normal course, to the extent possible. Please contact our Zoning and Land Use Team for any assistance.
The Philadelphia Streets Department is focusing its essential personnel on emergency repairs, so inspections of existing projects may be delayed. At least some employees involved in plan approval currently are telecommuting and are actively monitoring projects. The Streets Department is actively working on preparing surveyors to review subdivision and lot line relocation plans remotely, although plans are not currently being reviewed. Plan Review Counter Submissions (Checklist #1) may be submitted online only through the L&I eCLIPSE system. All Plan Review Intake Submissions (Checklist #2/3/4) must be submitted electronically to StreetsROW.PlanReview@phila.gov. Developer Services Meetings deemed necessary by staff may be held remotely.
The Water Department's offices are closed to the public; however, Private Development Services' staff members are working remotely. Staff members are conducting stormwater plan reviews, utility plan reviews, water and sewer sign-offs, along with other reviews. Delays should be expected for all reviews. All general questions and meeting requests should be sent to pwd.planreview@phila.gov. Additional information can be found here.
The Water Department is also granting time extensions to expiration dates for project permits and approvals impacted by the shutdown. Time extensions only apply to PWD-issued permits and approvals.
Regular billing will continue, but PWD has waived late payment fees and suspended non-payment terminations for all customers. The termination freeze will remain in place until June 1.
The Stormwater Incentives Team has extended the Stormwater Grant application deadline to July 1. The pre-application meeting deadline has been extended as well. The team encourages individuals to email all questions to PWDStormwaterCredits@phila.gov. The account is being monitored periodically, but delays are expected.
Department of Records
The Philadelphia Department of Records remains closed, but e-recording via third party vendors is still operating. Delays of five to seven business days may be expected.
Department of Planning and Development
The Department of Planning and Development has issued emergency regulations governing "deemed approvals" by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, the Philadelphia Historical Commission, the Philadelphia Art Commission, and their various committees, including the Civic Design Review Committee and the Sign Committee of the Art Commission. From March 18, through 60 days after the termination of the Mayor's Emergency Order, the non-performance of review by these agencies, their respective Committees or staff, in connection with any applications, plans, materials or other documents will not constitute a deemed approval or a deemed denial of any such applications, plans, materials or documents subject to review.
Philadelphia Historical Commission
While the offices of the Philadelphia Historical Commission are closed, staff members are still working remotely. General inquiries, approvals, complaints, and nominations can be emailed to preservation@phila.gov. Staff members will review nominations for correctness and completeness and prepare them for processing for when the Commission is back in session. The staff can also review and approve most applications without referral to the Commission itself. Additional information can be found here.
Requests for guidance on proposed construction projects should be emailed to preservation@phila.gov. The e-mail should include: the street address of the property, contact information for the person responsible for the project, the name of the property owner, a description of the proposal, photographs, architectural plans, and copies of any historic documentation.
The April 9 meeting of the Historical Commission, the April 15 meeting of the Committee on Historic Designation and the April 21 meeting of the Architectural Committee have been postponed. New dates for the meetings will be announced when they are rescheduled. The Historical Commission hopes to begin conducting virtual meetings in May.
Philadelphia Art Commission
Art Commission staff members are working remotely. All Art Commission and committee meetings for April, however, have been postponed. The Department of Planning and Development is actively working to arrange for the May meeting of the Art Commission to proceed remotely.
Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC)
Staff members at the Planning Commission are working remotely, although, delays should be expected. Staff members are reviewing plans submitted on eCLIPSE and amendments to master plans. PCPC is working with L&I to develop a plan for requests for modifications to previous approvals. PCPC staff will provide comments on any proposed legislation, a draft of which should be sent to staff members; requesting parties should keep in mind that all legislation is subject to the discretion of City Council. Reviews of applications related to steep slopes, frontages, and landscapes are being completed in a timely manner. Reviews of applications related to watersheds or lot lines are delayed due to the inaccessibility of maps located in PCPC's offices. Staff members are also conducting Urban Design reviews through eCLIPSE. Loading waivers are being processed through e-mail, and staff members are available to provide preliminary Civic Design Review comments by email at CDR@phila.gov.
The Planning Commission will hold a public, virtual meeting the afternoon of Thursday, April 30. Details about streaming the meeting can be found here. PCPC is still evaluating their plans for Civic Design Review Committee meetings because PCPC cannot compel Registered Community Organizations to hold community meetings during the current stay-at-home order. Although, PCPC is surveying RCOs to understand their current capacity.
On April 1, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ordered that, except for certain essential functions, court facilities in all judicial districts in Pennsylvania shall be closed to the public through at least April 30 due to a statewide judicial emergency. The Supreme Court subsequently amended its order on April 28. The new order extends the statewide judicial emergency to June 1, but mandates that beginning May 4, unless otherwise provided by a local emergency order, Pennsylvania courts shall be open to conduct all court business, with certain caveats. Philadelphia county courts, however, are still under a local emergency order, and the First Judicial District will remain closed until May 29. As a result, in Philadelphia, all time calculations and deadlines are suspended through May 29. All evictions and ejectments are stayed, and PA Rules of Criminal Procedure 600(c), with respect to time calculations, is suspended. Commercial landlords may theoretically file ejectment actions but it is very unlikely that they would be able to secure a judgement prior to May 29.
In addition, all Philadelphia Sheriff's Tax Sales and Mortgage Foreclosure Sales scheduled for May have been postponed to July. More information can be found here.
Philadelphia Zoning, Land Use, and Construction COVID-19 Update - May 20, 2020
Philadelphia Zoning, Land Use, and Construction COVID-19 Update - May 6, 2020
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Tina R. Makoulian
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