EPA's proposed rule regarding treatment of startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions under the Clean Air Act *

USA - May 1 2013
On February 22, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") published a proposed rule entitled Response to Petition for Rulemaking…

Co-authors: Thomas M. Donnelly, Charles T. Wehland, Mary Beth Deemer, John A. Rego, G. Graham Holden.

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EPA issues new vapor intrusion guidance *

USA - April 26 2013
On April 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") released two new draft vapor intrusion guidance documents for public comment. The two…

Co-authors: Heidi Hughes Bumpers , Charles T. Wehland, John A. Rego, Nancy MacKimm .

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D.C. Circuit denies rehearing en banc in challenge to U.S. EPA's greenhouse gas regulations *

USA - February 13 2013
On December 20, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied, by a vote of 6 to 2, rehearing en banc of its June 26…

Co-authors: Daniella A. Einik .

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Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of federal common law climate change claims *

USA - November 13 2012
On September 21, 2012, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissing the federal common law nuisance and civil conspiracy damage claims of the Native Village of Kivalina and the City of Kivalina against a group of U.S. oil, energy, and utility companies ("Energy Producers").

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Federal appeals court upholds EPA's greenhouse gas regulations under Clean Air Act *

USA - August 15 2012
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, on June 26, 2012, dismissed challenges by various states and industry petitioners to the U.S. EPA's greenhouse gas regulations in a per curiam opinion, which reaffirmed each of the challenged rules in their entirety.

Co-authors: Daniella A. Einik .

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