Energy and Climate Law

MAY 19, 2020

The German energy regulator Bundesnetzagentur rejected an application of the Nord Stream 2 operating consortium to obtain an exemption from EU unbundling rules after the Gas Directive was amended in 2019. The argumentation of the regulator strikes at a crucial point - is a pipeline already built when 160 kilometres are still missing?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

She also held a Graduate Policy Intern position in the Governor’s Office of Policy and Planning in 2009 and an Undergraduate Policy Intern position in the Department of Public Welfare in 2006. Read more here.

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Environment, Law, and History

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In a series of publications, most importantly her 2009 book, Chasing the Wind , Noga Morag-Levine has argued forcefully for distinguishing between continental European-style "police" regulation and common-law-style environmental regulation based on a nuisance conception.

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Nanotech

JULY 6, 2021

According to the request, the EC has received 19 notifications under Article 16 of the Cosmetics Regulation for cosmetic products containing fullerenes and hydroxylated fullerenes. Currently, fullerenes and hydroxylated fullerenes are not regulated under the Cosmetic Regulation (EC) No.

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Nanotech

JULY 18, 2022

The request notes that titanium dioxide is authorized both as a colorant under entry 143 of Annex IV and as an ultraviolet (UV) filter under entries 27 and 27a (nano form) of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 (Cosmetics Regulation).

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In 2020, farmers and livestock operations used 187 billion gallons of water, double the amount in 2009. They irrigate 570,000 acres, or roughly 100,000 acres more than in 2009, according to state figures. Until the early years of this century, Michigan regulators and lawmakers paid scant attention to the supply of groundwater.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

In order to steer investment toward environmentally sustainable activities, the European Union launched the Taxonomy Regulation framework to define activities deemed sustainable. The following elements of the Regulation proposal are dealt with in this review. of the proposal) and for existing installation only until 2040 (see §4.28).

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I’m attending along with a delegation of UCLA Law students and colleagues here to follow a range of issues, from methane regulation to China’s global role to regenerative agricultural practices. Here are four mid-COP takeaways.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The VIDA, enacted in December 2018, will standardize incidental discharge permits and regulations, replacing the 2013 Vessel General Permit (“VGP”) that commercial vessels are currently required to follow. Coast Guard (“USCG”) to develop corresponding regulations to enforce compliance with the EPA’s standards. It also requires the U.S.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Effective September 10, 2021 , the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council revised FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, and related FAR sections to address an inconsistency between that clause and the corresponding Small Business Administration (SBA) regulation at 13 C.F.R. § 125.6.[[N: N: SBA promulgated 13 C.F.R.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

DEP regulates gas storage fields to help protect their integrity from coal mining and oil and gas drilling and ensure their safe operation. These locations coincide with historical oil and gas production, which is predominantly in the western half of Pennsylvania. Click Here for a DEP fact sheet on Gas Storage Fields.

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Law of the Lands

JANUARY 9, 2024

In Ontario, the CSA standard for depth of cover has been modified by regulation to include the following requirements: 10.6.5.5 What passes for “suitable” in a mitigation plan or “periodically” in monitoring depth of cover over pipelines is not prescribed by the CSA standard or the Ontario regulation.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Electricity nerds might be writing off the prospect of new gas plant contracts because of the forthcoming Federal Clean Electricity Regulations (CER). One is that gas plant contracts signed (or renewed) before 2025 will be able to evade meeting the national CERs beyond 2035 which is when the regulations are supposed to kick in. .

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

For example, for the EU it referred to the Council decision 406/2009/CE of 2009 on efforts sharing between member states in terms of GHG reduction by 2020 and to the 2018/842 effort sharing regulation for 2030.

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Nanotech

MAY 4, 2023

1223/2009 (Cosmetics Regulation). SCCS states that in Annex 1 of its preliminary opinion, it notes the basis for concerns over risks that the use of fullerenes, hydroxylated fullerenes, and hydrated forms of hydroxylated fullerenes in cosmetic products may pose to the consumer.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 12, 2023

Connecticut facilitated more than 6,300 projects totaling over $97 million of financing between 2012 and 2022, and Michigan facilitated more than 36,000 residential projects exceeding $460 million in financing between 2009 and 2022. And an incremental approach can be a good alternative if deep retrofits are not possible.

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Acoel

MARCH 9, 2023

One of the earliest attempts to regulate this area was The Weather Modification Policy Act (the “Act”), which was enacted in 1976 to address the interstate nature and broad environmental effects of weather modification technology. For example, who has a right to claim the wet gold resulting from atmospheric water management? 490, 90 Stat.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Since 2009, Imperial Oil has reported 10 significant incidents of spills, leaks, and uncontrolled flaring events of tailings, gas, contaminated wastewater, hydrogen sulphide gas, and other toxic chemicals.

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Columbia Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Under the existing ESA regulations, FWS and NMFS are not required to designate critical habitat if such designation would not be beneficial to the species. The Court’s answer to that question – and in particular, its interpretation of “essential” – could have important implications for this portion of the ESA regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Further, regulation of stormwater management has failed to sufficiently integrate greener solutions and to promote nonstructural practices in the management of Pennsylvania’s water resources. In 2009, the Chesapeake Stormwater Network ranked Pennsylvania last of five Chesapeake Bay states on its Baywide Stormwater scorecard.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The package consists of a revised Gas Directive (COM(2021) 803 final) (hereafter: rGD), a revised Gas Regulation (COM(2021) 804 final) (hereafter: rGR) and a Regulation on the Reduction of Methane Emissions in the Energy Sector (COM(2021) 805 final) (hereafter: MER). However, it is crucial in setting the tone and the main pillars.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 2009 ) -- Adelphia Gateway, LLC - New Pipeline Compressor Station: DEP issued Air Quality Plan Approval for a compressor station in Lower Chichester Twp., PA Bulletin, page 2009 ) -- Perennial Energy CMM PA, LLC - Coal Mine Methane Flaring Site: DEP issued Air Quality Plan Approval for the flaring site in Wayne Twp.,

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2020

The denials are accompanied by an order from BSEE to decommission the pipelines by removal, with reference to Notice to Lessees (“NTL”) 2009-G04 and/or “significant sediment resource areas” (“SSRA”) in the vicinity of the pipeline. that, if left in place, would hinder other users of the OCS.” 250.1700(b).

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Parties to those instruments are set to meet in London next week—from October 2 to 6—to discuss the regulation of so-called “marine geoengineering activities” (among other things). Both the LC and LP require parties to adopt domestic laws to regulate the “dumping” of “waste and other matter” at sea. Many haven’t yet done so.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Sponsors should ensure that they are able to submit patient-level data for any RWD analyzed as part of a clinical study included in a marketing application when required by regulations for new drug applications or biologic license applications. FDA is accepting comments on the Registry Draft Guidance until February 28, 2022.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2010

By Stephen Wiegand EPA recently announced its position regarding the timing of the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Program. However, pollutants such as carbon dioxide, for which EPA regulations only require monitoring and reporting, are not subject to PSD permitting.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 22, 2022

According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the price of solar panels has dropped by almost 90% since 2009. However, officials from the Department of Renewable Energy said this will require changing policies and regulations. Previous obstacles have been overcome. Wider energy sector reform.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2022

SRBC can include more stringent time of year water withdrawal limits in Exceptional Value watersheds if they believe that is necessary, but the Commission relies on state environmental agencies like DEP to regulate water quality issues. For natural gas industry operations, SRBC starts regulating water withdrawals from the first gallon.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting the wholesale price of gas to reach its highest level since the winter of 2009-2010 in inflation-adjusted terms. Appalachian Power is currently seeking approval from Virginia regulators to increase residential electric rates by nearly 16 percent due to higher fuel costs.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 9, 2022

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 caused a spike in spending on water infrastructure, but it quickly fell back to about $3 billion a year. Michigan’s Lack of Septic System Regulations is Causing Problems for Some of its Most Pristine Lakes 0 Comments / May 4, 2022. Circle Blue. Water’s True Cost.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

In addition, we already have regulations in place to achieve methane reductions, so we are essentially subsidizing compliance with existing rules. In some cases, these funds even went to paying companies to comply with existing regulations. Canada committed to phasing out subsidies by 2025 back in 2009.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 22, 2022

Plants regulate their salt concentrations much like how our bodies regulate blood pressure. In Maryland’s Somerset County, an area facing both high rates of sea level rise and land subsidence, 2 percent of farmland was lost to salt between 2009 and 2017 , totaling over 1400 acres. . Photo © Manan Sarupria / UD.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2022

incentives, regulations, and carbon pricing) that form the portfolio approach the state has adopted to achieve the 2020 GHG reduction target established by AB 32 (achieve the 1990 level of emissions by 2020), and later scenarios to achieve the 2030 target. The views presented here are my own. ]. What is a Scoping Plan?

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Going into 2020, anticipated federal regulation will significantly affect the nation’s response to the Emerald Ash Borer and aquatic invasives in ballast water. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates the response cost to EAB infestation from 2009 to 2019 at . Coast Guard to issue implementing regulations. lakes and rivers.

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Acoel

JULY 22, 2021

That rezoning was the purview of Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC), the planning and zoning authority for 10,000,000 acres of the State without municipal government, known as Maine’s “unorganized territory.”. What happened – and didn’t happen – following the concept plan’s 2009 approval is remarkable.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 22, 2023

It would be one thing if this topic was only prospective, about leases to be entered into in the future, but the reality is there are very large numbers of existing leases including with renewal terms that are for premises that will be regulated by emergent greenhouse gas emission disclosure and reduction statutes, rules, and regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

There were two shale gas wells on Mohr B drilled in March of 2009 and May of 2011. These fluids were stored in onsite pits for over nine months after the completion of drilling, in violation of site restoration regulations,” according to the 2017 consent order and agreement with Greylock. Read more here.

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