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Fifth Circuit Vacates $6 Million Clean Water Act Penalty

The Energy Law Blog

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.

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Only CERCLA Settlements Trigger CERCLA Contribution: Guam v. US

E2 Law Blog

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.

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Must CEQA Compliance Precede Project Approval? When State Water Board Water Quality Certifications Are Involved, The Answer Is As “Clear as Mud”

CEQA Developments

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).)

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UNC Nutrient Study: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again (Apologies to Yogi Berra)

Smith Enviorment

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.

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James Michener’s Chesapeake Bay Was A+

Vermont Law

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. Opposition to fertilizer laws come from synthetic and organic fertilizer manufacturers.

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EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

The Energy Law Blog

That should change now that the Department of Justice (DOJ), acting jointly on behalf of EPA and BSEE, has announced its settlement with ATP Infrastructure Partners (ATP-IP) in the first joint judicial enforcement action resolving alleged violations of both the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA).

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Elk River Spill Aftermath: Do We Need New Regulations and From Whom?

Vermont Law

1961 – seeks to close existing loopholes and provide additional federal oversight where current state laws do not apply. At first glance, though, existing laws would seem applicable to the spill at Freedom Industries. But in reality, Boehner received donations from the Vice President of Freedom Industries in 2013.