The Energy Law Blog
JULY 25, 2013
Holden EPA’s most recent NPDES regulations for stormwater permitting of oil and gas facilities were vacated by the Ninth Circuit in 2008 and new regulations have not been promulgated. EPA subsequently issued regulations implementing this exemption. The 2006 regulations were judicially challenged and eventually vacated.
Law Columbia
MARCH 29, 2024
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is still awaiting funding to craft the regulations needed to implement the laws, though it has indicated it will begin the process soon. In 2008, Congress directed EPA to develop a rule to “require mandatory reporting of GHG emissions above appropriate thresholds in all sectors of the economy.”
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PA Environment Daily
APRIL 7, 2023
PA Bulletin, page 2006 ) -- Sunoco Pipeline - Tinicum Release Site: DEP received a Remedial Investigation Report/ Cleanup Plan on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with unleaded gasoline in Tinicum Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. (
Legal Planet
MAY 11, 2022
The initial plan was approved in 2008 , with the second in 2013 , and the most recent iteration in 2017. The plan also offers a model for policy planning and analysis that other jurisdictions may want to consider. [ The views presented here are my own. ]. What is a Scoping Plan? CARB must update this plan at least once every five years.
CEQA Developments
AUGUST 7, 2022
The dissent reasoned that CEQA, a powerful and mandatory regulatory statute operating in areas duplicative of FERC’s FPA licensing authority, “stands as a clear obstacle to the Congressional objective of vesting exclusive control over hydropower licensing and regulation in FERC.”.
Greenbuilding Law
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
By imposing a daily fee on cars built before 2006, the LEZ changes behaviors encouraging the use of newer cleaner vehicles, and reducing tailpipe global warning gases which in turn reduces broader air pollution and its associated health risks.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Since the country began regulating abandoned mines in 1977 under the Abandoned Mine Land program, the country spent $5 billion, and about $400 million in the Illinois basin, to repair clogged and polluted streams, recontour steep highwalls, and reforest denuded landscapes. Coal production has been in precipitous decline since 2008.
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