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Road construction contractor agrees to pay $735,000 to resolve stormwater discharge claims

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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February 1 2013

The prime contractor for an Oregon Department of Transportation project on U.S. Highway 20 has agreed to pay a $735,000 penalty to resolve

DOE report critical of Hanford sludge removal project

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 4 2011

A recent Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Inspector General (IG) report has criticized the agency's management of a project plan to treat radioactive sludge at the Hanford, Washington, site near Richland

Interim rule requires federal contractors to support EMS goals

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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June 17 2011

An interim rule published by the U.S. Department of Defense, General Services Administration and National Aeronautics and Space Administration requires federal contractors to “support the goals of an agency’s environmental management system (EMS).” 76 Fed. Reg. 31,395 (53111

Air: EPA issues amendments to transportation conformity rule

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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April 2 2010

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule amending its transportation conformity rule that sets out detailed procedures for states and local governments to ensure that transportation projects do not contribute to violations of revised air quality standards for particulate matter

Air: EPA seeks comment on draft transportation conformity guidance

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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June 11 2010

EPA has released draft guidance on how to use the agency's model for analyzing particulate matter "hot spots" to determine whether proposed transportation projects would conform with the Clean Air Act (CAA

D.C. Circuit upholds FERC decision not to place restrictions on hydroelectric project

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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January 14 2011

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s challenge to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decision not to place restrictions on a hydroelectric dam located on the Klamath River in Oregon and California; the tribe holds fishing rights in the river

USDA final rule amends “BioPreferred” list

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 29 2010

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a final rule that adds eight categories of bio-based products to its “BioPreferred” list, which allows federal agencies to give preferential treatment to those products when making procurement decisions

Environmental groups sue EPA over alleged inaction on PM 2.5

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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January 21 2011

Wild Earth Guardians and the Sierra Club have sued EPA in a federal court in California alleging that the agency has failed to take final action in a timely manner on at least six states' revised infrastructure state implementation plans (SIPs) and failed to submit a sufficient plan for 32 states for controlling fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) under the Clean Air Act (CAA

Tort: corp’s contractor not eligible for government-contractor immunity in Katrina lawsuit

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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September 24 2010

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a contractor retained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is not immune from liability in a lawsuit seeking damages for work it performed around a floodwall that failed during Hurricane Katrina

Certified organic beef ranchers sue government for herbicide spraying

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 7 2011

Alleging that a government contractor sprayed an herbicide on their property as part of transmission-line maintenance, the owners of a state-certified organic beef farm in Skagit County, Washington, have sued the U.S. government and the contractor for damages incurred by the contamination of their property