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Road construction contractor agrees to pay $735,000 to resolve stormwater discharge claims

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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February 1 2013

The prime contractor for an Oregon Department of Transportation project on U.S. Highway 20 has agreed to pay a $735,000 penalty to resolve

USDA final rule amends “BioPreferred” list

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 29 2010

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a final rule that adds eight categories of bio-based products to its “BioPreferred” list, which allows federal agencies to give preferential treatment to those products when making procurement decisions

D.C. Circuit upholds FERC decision not to place restrictions on hydroelectric project

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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January 14 2011

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s challenge to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decision not to place restrictions on a hydroelectric dam located on the Klamath River in Oregon and California; the tribe holds fishing rights in the river

DOE report critical of Hanford sludge removal project

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 4 2011

A recent Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Inspector General (IG) report has criticized the agency's management of a project plan to treat radioactive sludge at the Hanford, Washington, site near Richland

Environmental groups sue EPA over alleged inaction on PM 2.5

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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January 21 2011

Wild Earth Guardians and the Sierra Club have sued EPA in a federal court in California alleging that the agency has failed to take final action in a timely manner on at least six states' revised infrastructure state implementation plans (SIPs) and failed to submit a sufficient plan for 32 states for controlling fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) under the Clean Air Act (CAA

Interim rule requires federal contractors to support EMS goals

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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June 17 2011

An interim rule published by the U.S. Department of Defense, General Services Administration and National Aeronautics and Space Administration requires federal contractors to “support the goals of an agency’s environmental management system (EMS).” 76 Fed. Reg. 31,395 (53111

Challenge to DOD procurement of fuel from Canadian oil sands rejected for lack of standing

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 12 2011

A federal court in Virginia has ruled that an environmental group lacks standing to challenge the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) procurement of fuel from Canadian oil sands

Federal agencies publish proposed rule on use of biobased products

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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July 22 2011

The U.S. Department of Defense, General Services Administration and National Aeronautics and Space Administration have jointly published a proposed rule that would require contractors to report their use of biobased products composed of renewable plant, animal, marine, or forestry materialsin service and construction projects

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