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Tort: corp’s contractor not eligible for government-contractor immunity in Katrina lawsuit

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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September 24 2010

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a contractor retained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is not immune from liability in a lawsuit seeking damages for work it performed around a floodwall that failed during Hurricane Katrina

Eleventh Circuit rejects NEPA challenge to Florida bridge project

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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February 24 2012

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court decision rejecting a challenge under the National Environmental Policy Act to the construction of a highway bridge in Martin County, Florida

State coalition sues EPA over failure to finalize PM2.5 standard

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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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

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

San Francisco sues DOT over natural gas pipeline explosion

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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February 24 2012

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

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

Air: EPA issues amendments to transportation conformity rule

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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April 2 2010

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule amending its transportation conformity rule that sets out detailed procedures for states and local governments to ensure that transportation projects do not contribute to violations of revised air quality standards for particulate matter

Air: EPA seeks comment on draft transportation conformity guidance

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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June 11 2010

EPA has released draft guidance on how to use the agency's model for analyzing particulate matter "hot spots" to determine whether proposed transportation projects would conform with the Clean Air Act (CAA

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