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The Obama Administration releases its Ocean Policy Implementation Plan some highlights

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2013

On April 16, 2013, Nancy Sutley, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, and John Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and

Is your oil spill response contractor classified by the USCG? Does it matter?

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2013

In response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Congress enacted the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ("OPA90"). OPA90 imposed various requirements to prevent

Are you prepared for the Phase II Vessel General Permit regime?

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2013

On April 12, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") published its formal Notice of Final Permit Issuance in the Federal Register

Update on North American Emission Control Area enforcement and fuel availability guidance

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 17 2012

Enforcement of the North American Emission Control Area ("ECA") begins August 1, 2012

Assertion of privilege in Section 1782 proceedings to collect evidence in the U.S. for use before a foreign tribunal: lessons from Chevron

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • Ecuador, USA
  • -
  • March 9 2011

In February, an Ecuadorean court order ed Chevron Corp. to pay Ecuadorean plaintiffs some $8.6 billion in compensation relating to alleged environmental damage in the Amazon rain forest

Just when you thought you fully understood MARPOL Annex V garbage regulations

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • November 14 2012

For years, the focus with regard to MARPOL Annex V has been the continued expansion of special areas and stricter enforcement

Deepwater Horizon good Samaritans stuck in litigation

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 28 2011

Immediately following the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon, emergency response vessels rushed to the rig to save lives and render assistance to those in peril

Coast Guard seeks comments regarding OPA 90 claims procedures

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 15 2011

The Coast Guard issued a Notice of Inquiry ("NOI") on November 1, 2011 inviting the public to comment on the current Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ("OPA 90") claims procedures and whether certain pre-OPA 90 regulations should be removed

Update on the implementation of the North American Emission Control Area

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 14 2012

The North American Emission Control Area (ECA) was established in 2009 pursuant to Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), which is implemented domestically through the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS

The emerging litigation strategy of environmental organizations seeking to curtail shale oil and gas development

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 27 2012

Opponents of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling activities initially pursued litigation as one might have anticipated

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