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San Francisco sues DOT over natural gas pipeline explosion
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- February 24 2012
The City of San Francisco has sued the U.S. Department of Transportation alleging that the agency’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration was negligent in supervising state regulatory agencies and public utilities, which left gas pipeline operators in California unregulated, and purportedly contributed to a natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion
NEPA challenge to demolition project dismissed over lack of federal funding
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- USA
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- September 23 2011
A federal court in Pennsylvania has dismissed a challenge to a Pittsburgh demolition project because the court found no federal involvement with the project
Federal agencies publish proposed rule on use of biobased products
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- July 22 2011
The U.S. Department of Defense, General Services Administration and National Aeronautics and Space Administration have jointly published a proposed rule that would require contractors to report their use of biobased products composed of renewable plant, animal, marine, or forestry materialsin service and construction projects
D.C. Circuit upholds FERC decision not to place restrictions on hydroelectric project
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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
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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
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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
Interim rule requires federal contractors to support EMS goals
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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
DOE report critical of Hanford sludge removal project
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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
Challenge to DOD procurement of fuel from Canadian oil sands rejected for lack of standing
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- USA
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- August 12 2011
A federal court in Virginia has ruled that an environmental group lacks standing to challenge the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) procurement of fuel from Canadian oil sands
Eleventh Circuit rejects NEPA challenge to Florida bridge project
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- USA
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- February 24 2012
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court decision rejecting a challenge under the National Environmental Policy Act to the construction of a highway bridge in Martin County, Florida
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