The Energy Law Blog
JULY 26, 2013
By Greg Johnson and Stephen Wiegand In a July 17, 2013 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a $6 million dollar penalty levied under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) against CITGO Petroleum Corporation (“CITGO”) and remanded the matter to the Western District of Louisiana for further consideration.
Circle of Blue
MARCH 23, 2022
According to a new report from UNICEF and WHO, African nations will need to dramatically accelerate progress in order to meet targets for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). NOAA announced that nearly 60 percent of the United States is currently experiencing some level of drought, the largest part since 2013. More Water News.
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E2 Law Blog
MAY 24, 2021
The practice take-away is that settlement documents that do not expressly recite that the government’s CERCLA claims are resolved may not trigger contribution rights. Guam’s Clean Water Act consent decree may be a less common set of facts than state law settlements with state enforcement agencies. 9607, 9613.
CEQA Developments
MARCH 4, 2021
California Air Resources Board (2013) 217 Cal.App.4th Of course, this flies in the face of the bedrock CEQA timing principle mentioned above, as well as the generally understood CEQA rules governing the role and limited options of responsible agencies. POET, LLC v. 4th 1214; CEQA Guidelines, § 15004(a).) Well … maybe not.
Smith Enviorment
JANUARY 6, 2020
The EMC and water quality staff in the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) spent seven years developing a nutrient management strategy to address water quality standard violations in Jordan Lake as required by the federal Clean Water Act and by state water quality laws.
Smith Enviorment
JULY 9, 2019
Reallocation of state funding appropriated in 2018 to extend water lines in areas with well contamination caused by GenX. In 2018, the legislature allocated $2 million to DEQ’s Division of Water Infrastructure to help local governments extend water lines to properties affected by contamination caused by per?
Vermont Law
APRIL 6, 2015
Government officials were uninterested; as a result, the. In 2010, following years of missed deadlines, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jumped into the morass by exercising its power under the Clean Water Act. In 2011, Maryland legislators passed the Fertilizer Use Act. Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
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