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EPA Will Not Require Financial Assurances From Electric Power Sector

Clean Energy Law

CCR Rule Damage Cases: EPA also reviewed the CCR damage cases evaluated for the agency’s 2015 CCR Rule. EPA explained that “[i]n any cases where releases might occur, the 2015 CCR Rule includes both closure and corrective action provisions that could be used to remedy those releases.”. Section 108(b) and EPA’s Path to This Decision.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Some of the world's oldest environmental protections were designed with human health in mind. The Clean Air Act is an excellent example of this following the publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. Learn more about environmental law degrees. Key Current US Environmental Laws.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

34-2015-80002005 (Cal. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia to compel the U.S. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. ExxonMobil Corp. applied federal common law.

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

In the first complaint, the Center alleged that a chemical manufacturer and importer headquartered in Akron, Ohio, had failed to report 843,047 pounds of tetrabromobisphenol A bis(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) and five other substances that it imported during the 2013–2015 reporting period. The House bill ( H.R. 31225 (June 11, 2021).]]

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

On March 15, 2021, EPA announced a settlement with the chemical company Western Reserve Chemical Corporation over Chemical Data Reporting violations between 2012 and 2015 when the company allegedly failed to submit reports for 18 chemical substances.[[N:EPA, Chemical Importer to Pay $357,000 Penalty to Resolve Alleged TSCA CDR Violations.

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

Vermont Law

as a pollutant at all to the Clean Power Plan, which has no chance of clemency before its swift execution at some point in 2017. [14]. that it should “Amend the Clean Air Act to clarify that it never delegated to the EPA the authority to enact climate policies through the Act.”. [18]. on the climate front.

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