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over 9 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law and Regulation
Jenner & Block: Important Environmental Compliance Considerations In The Wake Of Hurricane Sandy
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, and Allison Torrence, Associate, Jenner & Block As Hurricane Sandy swept across the Eastern Seaboard, the images of its destructive power were humbling. As everyone begins to dig out from the damage caused by the...
Steven M. Siros
over 9 years ago
Environmental
Public Health and Safety
Jenner & Block: Navy Shipbuilders Avoid Asbestos Product Liability Claims
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block On October 3, 2012, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania decided two questions of first impression under maritime law: (1) does maritime law recognize the sophisticated...
Steven M. Siros
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
CCX Sued For Fraud
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block On December 14, 2011, a group of investors that purchased trading privileges on the Chicago Climate Exchange ("CCX") sued the CCX and its founders, alleging fraud and violations of Illinois'...
Steven M. Siros
over 9 years ago
Environmental
Hazardous Waste
Jenner & Block: Post-Sackett Challenge to U.S. EPA RCRA Order
By Steven M. Siros, Partner , Jenner & Block The first of perhaps many post-Sackett challenges to RCRA orders was filed in the Central District of California in December. On December 18, 2012, a chemical company (Soco West, Inc.) challenged...
Steven M. Siros
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Hazardous Waste
Superfund Site Reopened to Address Vapor Intrusion Issues
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block In 1992, a consent decree was entered into between U.S. EPA and two PRPs to address contamination at an NPL site in Mountain View, California. In June 2001, U.S. EPA certified completion of remediation...
Steven M. Siros
over 9 years ago
Environmental
Hazardous Waste
Jenner & Block: U.S. EPA Issues Revised Guidance On The Use Of Institutional Controls At Contaminated Sites
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block U.S. EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response ("OSWER") recently issued revised guidance relating to the use of institutional controls at Superfunds sites and other contaminated...
Steven M. Siros
over 9 years ago
Environmental
Hazardous Waste
Jenner & Block: Environmental Contractor Unable to Ditch CERCLA Claims
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block On September 4, 2012, a federal judge in New Jersey denied Arcadis U.S. Inc.'s ("Arcadis") request for summary judgment in a CERCLA lawsuit relating to the disposal of contaminated concrete...
Steven M. Siros
over 9 years ago
Environmental
Hazardous Waste
Jenner & Block: Fox River PCB Cleanup Allowed To Proceed
On November 21, 2012, a federal district court in Wisconsin rejected PRP efforts to seek modification of the remedial plan established by U.S. EPA and the State of Wisconsin to address PCB-contaminated sediments in the Fox River. In 2010, U.S. EPA and...
Steven M. Siros
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Hazardous Waste
Communications Between DOJ Attorneys Representing Separate Agencies Ordered Disclosed
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block DOJ attorneys representing the United States Army Corps of Engineers (the "Corps") and the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") found themselves unable to rely on...
Steven M. Siros
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Hazardous Waste
CERCLA Claims Against Environmental Contractor Allowed To Proceed
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block A federal district court refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging CERCLA liability on the part of several environmental contractors that performed an environmental assessment and cleanup of a contaminated...
Steven M. Siros
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Hazardous Waste
CERCLA's "Federally Required Commencement Date" Preempts State Statute Of Repose
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block A Georgia federal district court recently found that CERCLA's "federally required commencement date" preempted a state statute of repose. In In re Camp Lejeune, N.C. Water Contamination...
Steven M. Siros
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Hazardous Waste
Ongoing Cleanup Precludes Plaintiff From Establishing RCRA Imminent and Substantial Endangerment
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block A recent decision from the Eastern District of Wisconsin rejected plaintiff's efforts to demonstrate RCRA imminent and substantial endangerment, notwithstanding the presence of benzene in indoor...
Steven M. Siros
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Oil, Gas and Energy Law
New EPA Draft Report Links Contaminants Found In Groundwater To Fracking
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block On December 8, 2011, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("U.S. EPA") issued a draft report noting a need for the collection of more baseline data, greater transparency on the...
Steven M. Siros
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Oil, Gas and Energy Law
New Report Links Fracking to Potential Health Issues
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block A recent study by the Colorado School of Public Health has linked hydraulic fracturing to elevated levels of petroleum hydrocarbons in the air near drilling sites. The study, to be published in Science...
Steven M. Siros
over 10 years ago
Climate Change
Climate Change Blog
DOE Identifies Possible Carbon Sequestration Storage Sites
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block On May 1, 2012, the Department of Energy released the North American Storage Atlas that maps the potential carbon dioxide storage capacity in North America. According to the Atlas , there is at least 500...
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