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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

EPANHTSA issue GHG emission standards for light-duty vehicles

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EPA has released draft guidance on how to use the agency's model for analyzing particulate matter "hot spots" to determine whether proposed transportation projects would conform with the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

Shipping company to pay $725,000 for failure to report oily waste discharges

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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June 11 2010

A federal judge has ordered a Turkish shipping company to pay a $725,000 fine for failing to report illegal oil discharges through a "magic pipe" onboard a contracted tanker vessel

Louisiana vessel owner pleads guilty to ocean dumping

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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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

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

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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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
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USA
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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

Air: DC Circuit denies challenge to state non-road engine emissions rule

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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April 16 2010

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a petition for review filed by the American Trucking Associations challenging California's rule imposing emissions standards on refrigeration units in trucks

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

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