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EPA has released draft guidance on how to use the agency's model for analyzing particulate matter "hot spots" to determine whether proposed transportation projects would conform with the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

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

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

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

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

Challenge to DOD procurement of fuel from Canadian oil sands rejected for lack of standing

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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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

Federal court allows Minneapolis-St. Paul light-rail project but orders detailed EIS

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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February 3 2012

A federal court in Minnesota has ruled that a $957-million light-rail project linking downtown areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul may proceed but also ordered governmental agencies to conduct a more detailed environmental impact statement (EIS

USDA designates additional biobased product categories for preferred procurement

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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April 20 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published a final rule designating 13 new biobased product categories that are eligible for preferred federal procurement

Former waste company executive sentenced to 50 months in prison for fraud

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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September 23 2011

A former waste-company executive was reportedly sentenced to serve 50 months in prison for fraud arising from his participation in a multimilliondollar kickback scheme involving contracts for a New Jersey CERCLA site and for impeding a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ) investigation