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Oil & Natural Gas Facility Health Impacts Assessment Bill Introduced In The House

PA Environment Daily

In 2015, Rep. Concerns about the health impacts of chemicals used in hydraulic fracking did make their way into the 2012 amendments to the Oil and Gas Act (Act 13). Karen Boback (R-Luzerne) introduced the same legislation in the House. Read more here. However, neither bill saw real legislative action. Read more here. Read more here.

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Second District Upholds EIR for Kern Water Bank Recharge Project Involving Diversion of Unappropriated Kern River Water In Certain Wet Years; Rejects CEQA Claims Alleging Inconsistent Project Description, Inaccurate Environmental Setting, And Inadequate Water Supply Impacts Analysis

CEQA Developments

The EIR evaluated the Project’s potential environmental impacts, including on hydrology and groundwater resources, and used environmental setting baselines from 1995 (when the KWB began operating) to February 2012 (when the Project NOD was issued). 2015) 242 Cal.App.4th State ex rel.

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

OSHA Proposed First Updates to Hazard Communication Standard Since 2012. Environmental Groups Seek EPA Actions on Phosphogypsum and Process Wastewater from Phosphoric Acid Production. OSHA Proposed First Updates to Hazard Communication Standard Since 2012. EPA Takes Steps to Set PFAS Agenda. 15, 2021).]]

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The Trump Watch: What Does the New Administration Portend for the Environment?

Vermont Law

6, 2012). [7]. During a campaign stop in North Dakota, Mr. Trump made his views known about the international climate agreement reached by 195 countries in 2015 in Paris: President Obama entered the United States into the Paris Climate Accords – unilaterally, and without the permission of Congress. 6, 2012, 11:15 AM), [link]. [8].

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The Chemical Compound—December 2021

Arnold Porter

EPA inspectors found that the two companies failed to submit timely quadrennial reports regarding their imports of five chemical substances between 2012 and 2015 under the 2016 CDR Rule. EPA, Pay $117,000 in Fines (Oct. 6, 2021).]] Challenge to Denial of PFAS Testing Petition Stayed After EPA Granted Administrative Reconsideration.

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