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Federal court reaffirms summary judgment in NORM case

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 5 2013

A federal court recently reaffirmed its prior ruling that a plaintiff's expert failed to establish causation in a suit alleging increased risk of

Steam power plant effluent guidelines move forward

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2013

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a proposed rulemaking on April 19, 2013, to revise technology-based effluent limitations and

Court rejects challenge to New York zoning law prohibiting oil-and-gas exploration

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

A New York Appellate Division has upheld a trial court's determination sustaining a local zoning ordinance that effectively banned oil-and-gas

Eighth Circuit curtails EPA Clean Water Act expansion

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 29 2013

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down two "interpretive" U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) letters relating to wastewater

Sixth Circuit invalidates Corps surface mine general permit

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2013

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps') Clean Water Act (CWA) General Permit 21, covering

Federal court rules state law regulating nuclear power plant preempted by AEA

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 27 2012

A federal court in Vermont has determined that the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) preempts a state law that authorizes state legislators to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant by failing to approve a certificate for continued operation

Coastal Zone Mgmt. Act: Fifth Circuit affirms dismissal of challenge to wind farm

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 2 2010

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court decision allowing the construction of a coastal wind farm to proceed without an environmental consistency review or public comment

Ninth ircuit rules SDWA underground injection regulations do not exceed commerce clause authority

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 21 2011

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the federal government’s authority to regulate underground injection wells to protect drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) falls within the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause

Colorado state court dismisses lawsuit alleging contamination caused by hydraulic fracturing

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 25 2012

A Colorado state court has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that hydraulic fracturing exposed plaintiffs to contaminated air and water thus harming their health and diminishing their property values

Federal court finds Colorado coal plant violated MACT standards

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 12 2012

A federal court in Colorado has determined that a coal-fired power plant violated Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) regulatory regime changed as a result of challenges to EPA regulations

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