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State coalition sues EPA over failure to finalize PM2.5 standard

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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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

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

NEPA challenge to demolition project dismissed over lack of federal funding

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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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

Final rule requiring contractors to report purchases of biobased products published

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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April 27 2012

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the General Services Administration (GS A) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have jointly published a final rule that requires government contractors to report their purchases of biobased products under service and construction contracts

IG report critical of EPA over contract costs

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 23 2012

The Office of Inspector General (IG) has issued a report criticizing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to comply with provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) concerning fixed-price contracts

San Francisco sues DOT over natural gas pipeline explosion

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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February 24 2012

Transportation agencies violated NEPA by approving $800-million toll road, says Fourth Circuit

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 18 2012

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NC DOT ) and the Federal Highway Administration (FH A) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NE PA) when they approved an $800-million toll road project near Charlotte, N.C

Federal court rejects challenge to EIS on major bridge project

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 17 2012

A federal court in Washington state has dismissed a challenge to the environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared by the state department of transportation and the Federal Highway Administration for a $586.5-million project that would replace a floating bridge connecting Seattle to its eastern suburbs