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Iowa court says solar power company not a public utility

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2013

An Iowa state court recently overturned the state's Utility Board determination that a solar power systems vendor was a public utility when it set up

PHAI questions “hidden costs” of school vending machines

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 15 2012

The Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) has issued a June 7, 2012, fact sheet calling on school districts to consider the energy costs of cold beverage vending machines when deciding whether to renew vending contracts

San Francisco sues DOT over natural gas pipeline explosion

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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 contractor’s indemnity lawsuit against U.S. to proceed

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 1 2011

The Federal Claims Court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by a federal contractor seeking indemnification from the United States for toxic tort and environmental cleanup claims arising out of work the contractor performed for the Atomic Energy Commission

NRC not required to hold hearing on need for EIS on risks of terrorist attack

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2011

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is not required to hold a closed hearing on its decision to forgo an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the potential effects of a terrorist attack before approving additional nuclear waste storage at a California power plant

EPA announces future regulation of perchlorate, other toxins in drinking water

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 11 2011

EPA has announced that it will develop the first national standard for perchlorate in drinking water because of concerns that the chemical might affect the normal function of the thyroid gland