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EPANHTSA issue GHG emission standards for light-duty vehicles

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2010

EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have issued a final rule designed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve the fuel economy of light-duty vehicles

Chief engineer pleads guilty to ocean dumping

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2010

The chief engineer of an ocean-going ship that transported cargo between various ports in Asia and the United States has reportedly pleaded guilty in federal court to violating an international treaty and the federal Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships

Air: EPA issues amendments to transportation conformity rule

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

Canada finalizes GHG emissions standards for 2011-2016 cars, light trucks

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 15 2010

Canada has recently announced final regulations that would impose progressively more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) standards for new passenger automobiles and light trucks for the 2011-2016 model years

Louisiana vessel owner pleads guilty to ocean dumping

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 6 2010

A Louisiana vessel owner has reportedly pleaded guilty to knowingly discharging waste oil from one of its vessels in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (Act) and has agreed to pay a $1.75 million criminal fine and remit a payment of $350,000 to the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Injunction holds in NYC attempt to force taxicabs to switch to hybrids

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 6 2010

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court ruling that New York City does not have authority under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) or the Clean Air Act (CAA) to force taxicab fleet owners to switch to hybrid vehicles

Air: EPA seeks comment on draft transportation conformity guidance

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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EPA has released draft guidance on how to use the agency's model for analyzing particulate matter "hot spots" to determine whether proposed transportation projects would conform with the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

EPA increases ethanol allowance from 10 to 15 percent

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 22 2010

EPA announced October 13, 2010, that it is approving 15 percent ethanol blends (E15) in gasoline for model year 2007 and newer cars and light trucks

Shipping company ordered to pay $850,000 for ocean dumping and falsifying records

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 13 2010

A federal judge in California has ordered the operator of a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel to pay $850,000 for ocean dumping and falsifying on-board oil discharge records

Air: transportation authority settles enforcement action over alleged train idling violations

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 13 2010

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad (MBCR) have agreed to settle an enforcement action brought by DOJ and EPA alleging excessive train idling at the Widett Circle layover facility in South Boston and Greenbush line station in Scituate, Massachusetts