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NRC not required to hold hearing on need for EIS on risks of terrorist attack
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- 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
Indiana city agrees to upgrade sewer systems
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- January 21 2011
Evansville, Indiana, has entered a consent decree in which the city agrees to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems and pay civil penalties of $420,000 to EPA and $70,000 to the state
CalEPA proposes new public health goal for perchlorate in drinking water
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- January 21 2011
CalEPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed a new public health goal for perchlorate in drinking water that would lower the current 6 parts per billion (ppb) goal to 1 ppb
CERCLA: federal court rules Washington State DOT not liable as owneroperator
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- July 23 2010
After ruling that the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) may be liable as an arranger for storm water runoff that contained hazardous substances, U.S. v. Washington State DOT, No. 08-5722 (W.D. Wa. 6710), the same court has ruled that the agency is not liable as an owneroperator for cleanup costs to address offsite contamination
Puerto Rico sewer authority to settle CWA violations
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Puerto Rico, USA
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- May 14 2010
The Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority has entered a proposed consent decree, in which it agreed to spend $195 million on improvements to 126 drinking water plants across the island over the next 15 years to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA
EPA to assist communities in Sustainable Building Blocks Program
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- February 11 2011
EPA announced February 3, 2011, that it will work with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Transportation to help communities achieve “sustainable planning” through the Sustainable Communities Building Blocks Program
EPA announces future regulation of perchlorate, other toxins in drinking water
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- 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
Ninth Circuit rules USTR failed to conduct adequate FOIA request search
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Canada, USA
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- September 30 2011
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court decision and ruled that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR ) failed to conduct an adequate search for documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOI A) request by environmental interests relating to the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber agreement
Environmental group sues EPA over New Jersey stormwater management program
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- August 5 2011
The Delaware Riverkeeper Network has sued EPA alleging that the agency failed to ensure that New Jersey has exercised its delegated authority to administer the state’s stormwater management program in compliance with the Clean Water Act
CEQ issues guidance on development of climate change adaptation plans
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 18 2011
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued guidance March 4, 2011, to federal agencies instructing them to take a number of steps to comply with Executive Order 13514
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