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Deadline approaching for top-screen reports under Department of Homeland Security Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standard

  • Locke Lord LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 16 2008

In June 2007, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published the interim final Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standard (the “Rule”

Bureau of Reclamation decision to withhold water, as required by federal law, did not breach 1983 state water contracts nor did it constitute a taking of a vested property right

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 26 2007

In this action against the United States, the United States Court of Federal Claims held that the Bureau of Reclamation did not breach several 1983 state water contracts with two California water districts when it withheld water from the New Melones Reservoir for fish and wildlife purposes, as required by the Central Valley Project Improvement Act

Governor Strickland’s “Building Ohio Jobs” economic stimulus package proposes $250 million investment in Ohio’s advanced and renewable energy economy

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 12 2008

Governor Strickland announced the “Building Ohio Jobs” economic stimulus package as one of his top priorities during his 2008 State of the State Address

Colorado executive orders: the greening of state government

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • USA
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  • July 16 2007

On April 16, 2007, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter signed two executive orders pertaining to the “greening of state government.”

Anti-terrorism and the chemical industry

  • Squire Sanders
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 17 2007

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the idea that terrorists would use a chemical facility as a vehicle of mass destruction became a real concern, and law enforcement reports suggested that terrorists were considering such actions

Green wave hits Ohio schools

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 31 2007

Last month’s meeting of the Ohio School Facilities Commission set a new standard for OSFC-funded projects: meeting certification as “green buildings.”

New anti-terrorism regulations require companies to report chemicals used, stored, distributed

  • Leonard, Street and Deinard
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 27 2007

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a Final Rule that will require thousands of companies that manufacture, use, store or distribute chemicals to provide information to DHS by January 21, 2008

Homeland Security publishes final rule on chemical security

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 28 2007

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently published its final rule on Chemical Facility Anti-terrorism Standards, including the revised list of 325 "Chemicals of Interest" (COIs) and their "Screening Threshold Quantities" (STQs

Green college ratings: FTC scrutiny should temper claims

  • Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 12 2008

Colleges and universities should pay close attention in scoring their own eco-friendliness for the upcoming Princeton Review “green ratings” the Federal Trade Commissions (FTC) may be watching

Water treatment facilities may be subjected to chemical security regulations - lawmakers consider proposals designed to close perceived security gap

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 18 2008

Wastewater treatment and drinking water facilities may soon be subject to new chemical security regulations requiring them to complete and implement vulnerability assessments and security plans pursuant to the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS), subject to oversight by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS