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Alaska sues federal government over low-sulfur fuel standard for ships
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- July 27 2012
The state of Alaska has sued Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Homeland Security, and the Coast Guard, seeking to block the government from enforcing a low-sulfur fuel standard for ships operating off the coast of Alaska
Coast guard to allow alternative pressure relief valve settings on certain cargo tanks
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- October 5 2012
The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the availability of a policy letter establishing alternative pressure relief valve settings for certain cargo tanks transporting liquefied gases in U.S. waters
Hawaiian dry dock owner to pay $710,000 to resolve Clean Water Act claims
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- April 12 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice has lodged a proposed consent decree to resolve allegations that a Hawaiian ship repair facility and dry dock operator
Federal court sentences Greek-owned shipping company for felony violations of ocean dumping laws
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- December 2 2011
A federal court in California has reportedly ordered a Greek-owned shipping company to pay $650,000 for covering up the discharge of oily waste and sludge in violation of international and national oil pollution laws
Federal court imposes $3 million fine on ship management company
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- October 1 2010
A federal judge in Maryland has sentenced a ship management company to pay a $3 million criminal fine and $1 million in organizational community service payments that will fund various marine environmental projects for violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (Act
South Carolina reinstates tax credits for purchase, lease of plug-in hybrid vehicles
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- June 15 2012
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) signed legislation (H.R. 3059) on May 14, 2012, reinstating an income tax credit for the purchase or lease of new plug-in hybrid vehicles for tax years 2012 through 2016
Endangered Species Act: Fifth Circuit denies challenge to permit allowing rail link to limestone quarry
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- April 16 2010
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Medina County Environmental Action Committee’s (MCEAA) petition for review challenging a U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) decision permitting Southwest Gulf Railroad Co. to construct and operate a seven-mile rail loop to service a proposed limestone quarry
NEPA: D.C. Circuit rules Sierra Club lacks standing to challenge rail merger
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- June 25 2010
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a Surface Transportation Board decision that a merger between the Canadian Pacific Railway Corp. and Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp. (DM&E) may proceed despite the lack of an environmental impact study (EIS) under NEPA
D.C. Circuit rules Transportation Board has NEPA authority
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 25 2011
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Surface Transportation Board (STB), which is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has the authority to require an environmental impact statement (EIS) under NEPA when it considers whether to approve a railroad company merger
Shipping company to pay $1 million penalty for ocean dumping, false statements
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Taiwan, USA
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- April 15 2011
A federal court has ordered a Taiwan-based shipping corporation to pay a $1 million criminal penalty after it entered a guilty plea to making false statements, failing to keep adequate records and knowingly discharging oily bilge waste into the ocean without using required pollution-prevention equipment
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- Workarea - Shipping & Transport
- Author - David Erickson
- Jurisdiction - USA