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Air: Federal court rules EPA not required to block power plants

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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July 30 2010

A federal judge in the District of Columbia has ruled that the Clean Air Act (CAA) does not require EPA to stop the construction of three power plants in Kentucky

NEPA: Ninth Circuit allows drilling in Alaska’s Chukchi and Beaufort Seas

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 21 2010

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Minerals Management Service (MMS) properly approved plans for exploratory drilling in Alaska's Chukchi and Beaufort Seas by Shell Offshore Inc

NEPAwater resources: federal court upholds injunction in water supply project lawsuit

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 19 2010

A federal judge in the District of Columbia has upheld an injunction preventing the completion of the Northwest Area Water Supply Project until the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) completes an adequate environmental impact statement (EIS) that takes a “hard look” at the cumulative impact of water withdrawal and invasive species issues

Citizen suit seeks to halt construction of silicon plant

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 26 2010

A Washington resident has filed a citizen suit under section 7604 of the Clean Air Act seeking to halt construction of a $688 million expansion of a Moses Lake silicon plant

Air: Ohio utility to settle alleged NSR violations

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 28 2010

An Ohio non-profit utility has agreed to settle alleged Clean Air Act New Source Review (NSR) violations by paying a civil penalty of $850,000 and spending $15 million on an environmental mitigation project

Fifth Circuit upholds EPA’s Phase III cooling water intake rule

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 6 2010

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld EPA's Phase III cooling water intake rule which regulates existing small power plants and other existing facilities in industries such as pulp and paper, chemicals, petroleum and coal products, and primary metals

Marine Mammal Protection ActESA: environmental group files notice of intent to sue over alleged oil drilling violations

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 28 2010

The Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group, has filed a notice of its intent to sue the Secretary of the Interior for allegedly allowing oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA

D.C. Circuit allows natural gas drilling project in Wyoming to proceed

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 6 2010

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) approval of natural gas drilling on a 270,000-acre tract in Wyoming

NEPA: groups sue to overturn Montana coal mine lease sale

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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June 11 2010

Environmental groups and a coalition of farmers and ranchers have challenged the coal lease sale of 8,300 acres of state school trust land in southeastern Montana

CWARCRA: groups announce intent to sue power plant owner over alleged discharges

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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June 11 2010

Environmental groups recently announced plans to sue the owner of a western Pennsylvania power plant over discharges from a coal-ash and coal-refuse disposal site that allegedly violated state and federal statutes, including the Clean Water Act (CWA), RCRA and the state Clean Streams Law

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