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DLA Piper
over 8 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
DLA Piper Energy Alert: Federal District Court Decision Appears To Clear Way For Cape Wind
By Robert J. Alessi and Jeffrey D. Kuhn | The Federal District Court in Washington, D.C., has issued a lengthy ruling that appeared to substantially clear the way for Cape Wind, a large proposed offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound...
Shane Dilworth
over 9 years ago
Corporate
Corporate Law Blog
DOJ: Judge Accepts Transocean’s Guilty Plea; Company to Pay $400M
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a federal judge in Louisiana has accepted Transocean Ltd.'s guilty plea today for violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) over its conduct leading to the 2010 explosion...
LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff
over 10 years ago
Climate Change
Climate Change Blog
Marten Law on Sackett v. EPA: Closely Watched Sackett Case Argued in U.S. Supreme Court
By Russell Prugh and Adam Orford, Associates, Marten Law PLLC In this Emerging Issues Analysis, Russell Prugh and Adam Orford of Marten Law PLLC review the oral arguments made before the U.S. Supreme Court on January 9, 2012 in Sackett v. EPA . This...
Todd Janzen
over 8 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law and Regulation
Five Agricultural Legal Issues to Watch in 2014
What will be the hot topics in ag law for 2014? Here are some predictions for the coming year: 1. Clean Air Act Targets Farmers . Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1970 to clean up the nation’s air. The low hanging fruit of air pollution—power...
Todd Janzen
over 9 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law and Regulation
Silage vs. Curtilage: More on the EPA's Flyover Controversy
By Todd J. Janzen, Partner, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP The web has been abuzz the last few weeks with articles and editorials about the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) use of aerial flyovers to look for violations of the Clean...
Barry Zalma
over 10 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Policy Exclusions
No Surprise – Raw Sewage Is A Pollutant
By Barry Zalma, Attorney and Consultant The Colorado Court of Appeal was called upon to determine whether an "absolute pollution" exclusion (APE) applied to a suit for bodily injuries exposed to raw sewage. Plaintiffs, Shadi Figuli, Joshua...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Hazardous Waste
State Agency does not necessarily have exclusive expertise to address remediation such that CWA & RCRA citizen suit claims are to be dismissed, especially where there is a lack of ongoing formal state proceedings
NL Industries owned a site through 2005. It entered into an administrative consent order with the State of New Jersey which required it to clean-up part of a site and investigate other portions, including sediments in an adjacent river. The sediments...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Oil, Gas and Energy Law
Did Gulf surface bacteria not find Deepwater Horizon oil to be a complete diet?
Prior posts have discussed various aspects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its impact on the biota of the Gulf. Bioremediation has several goals. First, one uses nature to remediate contamination, saving significant sums. Second, the "food"...
Shane Dilworth
over 9 years ago
Environmental
Oil, Gas and Energy Law
BP PLC To Pay $4.5 Billion, Plead Guilty To Criminal Charges For Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) BP PLC announced Nov. 15 that it would plead guilty to a dozen felony charges brought by the federal government and pay $4.5 billion in penalties over its involvement in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and ensuing...
Shane Dilworth
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Oil, Gas and Energy Law
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Ruling: BP and Andarko Are Responsible Parties and Liable For Civil Penalties Under Clean Water Act
NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) The federal judge in Louisiana presiding over litigation stemming from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico held Feb. 22 that BP PLC and Andarko Petroleum Co. are liable...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Oil, Gas and Energy Law
EPA finalizes mountaintop mining guidance for Appalachia
EPA issued final guidance concerning environmental permitting regulations for mountaintop mining in Appalachia, maintaining the strengthened requirements it set out in the earlier interim guidance that was released on April 1, 2010. A summary of the...
LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Oil, Gas and Energy Law
BP Alaska to Pay $25 Million Penalty for Alaskan North Slope Oil Spill
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) have announced that BP Exploration Alaska...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Public Health and Safety
Ninth Circuit Holds that Dry Cleaning Equipment Manufacturers Must Engage in Active, Not Merely Passive, Activities to be Liable Under RCRA
In litigation involving soil and/or groundwater contamination from releases related to dry cleaning equipment and PCE, it has been common for injured property owners to sue the dry cleaning equipment manufacturers, among others. One of the primary legal...
LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Land Use
Marten Law PLLC Analyzes Chantell Sackett v. EPA: Scalia and Unanimous Supreme Court Uphold Pre-Enforcement Review in Wetlands Case Under Clean Water Act
By Steve Jones, Russell Prugh and Brad Marten of Marten Law PLLC In this Emerging Issues Analysis, Steve Jones, Russell Prugh and Brad Marten of Marten Law PLLC discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Sackett v. EPA, striking down...
Steven G Jones
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Land Use
Marten Law: Supreme Court Preview--Ownership of Navigable Riverways and Due Process Challenge to Enforcement Orders to be Decided in 2011-12 Term
By Steven Jones, Partner, Marten Law PLLC "The U.S. Supreme Court's new term has just begun. There are two environmental cases on the Court's docket," reports Steve Jones. "The first, PPL Montana, LLC v. State of Montana , presents...
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