Pennsylvania wastewater facilities must make significant upgrade to receive drilling fluid
USA - May 31 2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered consent orders with two Pennsylvania wastewater treatment facility operators that have...
Fourth Circuit upholds Corps mountaintop mining permit
USA - May 31 2013 The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) permit for a mountaintop mine. Ohio Valley Envtl. Coal., Inc. v...
District court says transformer repair may yield CERCLA liability
USA - May 31 2013 According to a district court in North Carolina, a company that sent transformers to a facility for repair could be liable under the Comprehensive...
EPA deems waste-derived coal a non-waste fuel
USA - May 31 2013 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated in a May 8, 2013, letter to Vexor Technology that Vexor's coal substitute could be treated as...
California court finds environmental review inadequate to support development
USA - May 31 2013 A California state court has determined that the Environmental Impact Report (EIR), prepared in connection with approval of development in the Santa...
