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Hawaiian dry dock owner to pay $710,000 to resolve Clean Water Act claims
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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
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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
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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
Endangered Species Act: Fifth Circuit denies challenge to permit allowing rail link to limestone quarry
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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
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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
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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
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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
Federal jury orders $2-million criminal fine for ocean dumping and cover up
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- USA
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- April 6 2012
A federal jury in Louisiana has ordered the Ilios Shipping Co. to pay a $2-million criminal fine for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and for obstructing justice by covering up illegal discharges of bilge waste and sludge directly into the ocean
Florida shipping company sentenced for oil pollution and ballast water environmental crimes
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- USA
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- February 3 2012
A federal court has reportedly sentenced a Miami, Florida-based shipping company to five years of probation and a $1-million fine after the company pleaded guilty to oil pollution and ballast water environmental crimes
D.C. Circuit nixes challenges to E15 waiver; plaintiffs lacked standing
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- USA
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- August 24 2012
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed for lack of standing challenges by three trade associations to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waiver that allows the sale of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol (E15) for use in motor vehicles manufactured after 2001
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- Author - David Erickson
- Firm Name - Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP