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Senate version of energy bill unveiled

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 14 2010

U.S. Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) have released the latest version of their energy bill

CERCLA: federal court rules EPA cost recovery lawsuit barred under compulsory counterclaim rule

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 20 2010

A federal judge in California has ruled that CERCLA cost recovery claims involving perchlorate and trichloroethylene contamination of the Rialto-Colton Groundwater Basin are subject to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 13(a), which "bars a party who failed to assert a compulsory counterclaim in one action from instituting a second action in which that counterclaim is the basis of the complaint."

Hazmat: Coast Guard proposes harmonizing bulk hazmat regulations with international rules

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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Global, USA
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June 25 2010

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a proposed rule that would harmonize its bulk solid hazardous materials regulations with those of the International Maritime Organization. 75 Fed. Reg. 34,573 (061710

CERCLA: GAO report says remediation funds insufficient

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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July 2 2010

According to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, EPA's cost estimate for remediation of 1,269 existing CERCLA sites exceeds current funding levels, and funding will likely be inadequate over the next five years

Electronic waste: report claims Germany exports 155,000-plus tons of electronic waste annually

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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Germany
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March 19 2010

According to a recent report by the German Institute for Environmental Strategies in Hamburg, Germany exports more than 155,000 metric tons of used electrical and electronic equipment to Africa and Asia each year

CERCLA: federal court upholds joint and several liability ruling

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 21 2010

A federal judge in California has ruled that Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. U.S., 129 S. Ct. 1870 (2009), did not change existing law regarding joint and several liability under CERCLA

Maryland law to phase out products containing deca-BDE

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 14 2010

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) has signed legislation (S.B. 556) that phases out the manufacture, lease, sale, or distribution of certain products containing the flame retardant decabrominated diphenyl ether (deca-BDE

National Forest Management ActNEPA: ban on old growth logging reversed, Forest Service found in compliance with law

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 27 2010

A split Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel has reversed a district court injunction that halted a U.S. Forest Service (FS) plan for logging in an old growth forest area in Oregon

Nanotechnology: ISO technical report addresses classification of nanomaterials

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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Global
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August 27 2010

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a technical report that sets forth a methodology to classify and categorize nanomaterials

Air: EPA issues final NESHAP for reciprocating internal combustion engines

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 27 2010

EPA has published a final national emissions standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for gas-fired stationary spark ignition reciprocating internal combustion engines built before June 12, 2006

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