The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The SNPR presents new data on ballast water management systems and solicits public comments on the standards and definitions applicable to ballast tanks, hulls and associated niche areas, and graywater systems. Comments on the SNPR are due by December 18, 2023. The full text of the SNPR can be found here: [link].

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 27, 2023

Residents living near these plants have been subjected to this carcinogenic gas for decades. The EPA comment period for EtO regulations closes today. Check out UCS’s comment guide on this rule—your comment doesn’t have to be long and can be done in under 10 minutes! The sooner they are protected, the better.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2023

This RFI is intended for respondents to provide comments on the information specified in this notice. Use ''Request for Information: Proposed RISE PA Grant Program'' as the subject line in written communication. This RFI is also intended to communicate the Department's general goals and objectives for RISE PA program development.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2023

In addition to the hearing, EPA is accepting written comments on the rule through June 12. For tips on writing a public comment of your own, see our comment guide on this rule. You can also sign up to join our comment writing workshops on May 22 and 24. Fenceline monitoring saves lives.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 4, 2022

After a review period, the Impact Assessment Agency will ask the public and impacted communities for input during a comment period. . The Agency will take these comments into consideration and decide whether a Federal Impact Assessment of Highway 413 is necessary. . Let’s make sure we have our say!

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2022

The Department estimates that these owners or operators have at least 51 storage vessels at 18 facilities, 34,856 pneumatic controllers at 31,134 facilities, and 40 pneumatic pumps at 17 facilities will be subject to requirements under this final-form rulemaking. King voted no on the regulation because of the applicability of Act 52.

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Acoel

MARCH 26, 2024

law schools are eligible annually to nominate one student-authored article, note, case comment, or essay either (1) published by the submitting law journal during the current academic year, or (2) scheduled for publication in the next academic year. Ruhl by email referencing the same subject to ensure a prompt response.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Written comments are being accepted through October 29. Send them to waterteam@usaid.gov with the subject line Comments: U.S. The strategy deals with the provision of safe drinking water and sanitation, improved governance, and reducing conflict. The meeting is scheduled for November 17 at 2:00 p.m. Register here.

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2024

The Guidelines require the largest Chinese public companies to publish high-quality and standardized SDRs, and are open for public comment until February 29, 2024. The authors would like to thank Yuxuan Chen for her contribution to this blog post. [1]

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

Written public comments were received during the public comment period. Individuals that wish to testify are also requested to limit their testimony to 5 minutes so that all individuals have the opportunity to testify and that the testimony is limited to the NPDES permit application that is the subject of the hearing.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 1, 2023

And, as I’ll try to show, these two subjects have a lot in common. The public can push for stronger protections by writing comment letters during public comment periods and voicing their concern (letter writing, phone calls) to local, state, or federal governmental officials. This analysis is strong and important work.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Background Information: The agricultural lands which are the subject of the application were among the 15 parcels stripped of Greenbelt protection in late 2022, despite the Ontario government’s express promise never to remove land from the Greenbelt. . –

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The public comment period will also include a series of stakeholder meetings and Council discussions. The recommendation to adopt a clean fuel standard had divided stakeholders in the environmental and transportation sector, and with this last-hour language tweak the Council opted to leave the question open for public comment.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 27, 2023

How To Comment on an ERO posting: Click on the link below. Click the blue ‘Submit a Comment’ button. If you don’t want to create an ERO account you can scroll down and click ‘Comment without registering.’ ’ Type your comment in the box then scroll down and click Submit.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 20 PA Bulletin it is extending the deadline for public comments on a proposed grant program to reduce industrial sector greenhouse gas emissions (RISE PA) to January 29. Interested persons may submit information by e-mail to RA-EP-CPRG@pa.gov.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As the CARB staff member pointed out, this differentiates landfill methane from dairy methane because emissions from landfills are already subjected to emissions controls and emissions from dairies are not. Thus, the capture of methane by dairy digesters “avoids” more methane emissions than the capture of methane from landfills.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

On September 23, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) took the first formal step toward writing new rules that would subject dealers in antiquities to the federal anti-money laundering laws and regulations. The notice included an alert to financial institutions already subject to BSA obligations (e.g., If so, how?

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Academy of Natural Sciences

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When we first started this project of pairing a work of art with each one of the United Nations Sustainable Development goals , water was a subject matter that stood out,” said Zabeth Teelucksingh, GPA president. Let us know in the comment section below! Take a close look and see how many objects and Philly landmarks can you identify.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 12, 2022

I decided, out of all the STEM subjects, I was going to study physics and astronomy,” Altieri comments on the fact that this choice in the subject did not stem from an inner passion but from practicality. Altieri comments on how her mother had a more traditional future planned for her, ie stay at home.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 17, 2022

The Commission Staff Report recommended that the Commission conditionally approve the Consistency Determination, subject to BOEM’s agreement to adopt seven conditions: Conditions 1, 2, and 3 aim to protect marine habitats and sensitive species. On June 8, 2022, the Commission conditionally concurred with BOEM’s Consistency Determination.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2023

The Commission will also take comments on these natural gas drilling water withdrawal renewals-- -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC ( Fall Brook), Ward Township, Tioga County , PA. Click Here for links to information on all water withdrawals open for public comments at this hearing. Read more here. and ending at 9:00 p.m.

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Nanotech

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The survey seeks comments from subject matter experts, stakeholders, and other interested parties and is aimed at identifying the scientific, technical, and social views of select terms and definitions related to advanced and emergent materials.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

Her topics included public comments, how to approach decision maker meetings, social media, petitions, and letter writing. Workshops on Friday included So, You Want to Make a Difference? A Guide to Become a Productive Advocate for Your Streams and Community led by Emily Baldauff.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

On August 28, 2023, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) published General Comment No. Climate change litigation was a central subject of the consultation, significantly influencing the content and structure of the General Comment. 26-28 GC26), building on its earlier comments in General Comment No.12

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Renewable + Law

MAY 19, 2023

Interested stakeholders can submit comments on these proposals within 30 days of the Commission’s issuance of the OIR, and reply comments may be filed 15 days thereafter.

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Renewable + Law

MAY 18, 2023

Interested stakeholders can submit comments on these proposals within 30 days of the Commission’s issuance of the OIR, and reply comments may be filed 15 days thereafter.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 17, 2023

The alternatives analysis has been submitted to the EEA and subject to public notice and comment. The PLPA allows a public entity to “provide funding in lieu of or in combination with replacement land,” so long as the following conditions are met: The proposed disposition serves a significant public interest.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2023

GWRSI has further agreed that it will replace any locomotives it has scrapped only with locomotives subject to, and meeting, EPA emission standards. District Court for the District of Delaware, is subject to a 30-day public comment period and final court approval. The consent decree also requires GWRSI to pay a $1.35

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Ohio Environmental Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Facilities subject to Subtitle C have cleanup obligations if there is a release of hazardous waste at a Subtitle C facility. A RCRA unit at a facility that had a release of hazardous waste is subject to RCRA Closure. Subtitle C applies to facilities that transfer, store, and dispose of hazardous waste (referred to as TSDFs).

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

County then prepared a section 15183 checklist summarizing staff’s findings and recommended – subject to conditions of approval requiring enclosure of processing operations and limiting such operations to the hours of 7 am to 7 pm – that the Zoning Administrator issue the exemption. Hilltop Group appealed.

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Brag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Written comments and information must be submitted by October 31, 2021 , by e-mail only to BERACRFI@science.doe.gov. The e-mail subject line should read “BER research benchmarking.”

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2022

Specifically, it has required “restoration” of 20 percent of the “untreated” — that is, not subject to street cleaning or the like — impervious surface in the jurisdiction even if the surface does not drain to the MS4. We began this string of blog posts commenting on Carroll County.) Anacostia Riverkeeper , 134 A.3d 3d 892 (Md.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 17, 2022

That is, using a procedure EPA has rarely found successful, after publishing in the Federal Register if the Agency received adverse comment before April 13, 2022, the direct final rule would not take effect and EPA would publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register. EPA subsequently received adverse comment on that direct final rule (.

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Acoel

APRIL 4, 2023

law schools are eligible annually to nominate one student-authored article, note, case comment, or essay either (1) published by the submitting law journal during the current academic year, or (2) scheduled for publication in the next academic year. Ruhl by email referencing the same subject to ensure a prompt response.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

3] However, in these previous decisions, [4] FERC concluded that LNG facilities were not subject to its jurisdiction unless: (1) the facility was connected to a pipeline (qualifying as an “LNG terminal”), or (2) the facility was located where ocean-going ships directly load LNG for export (qualifying as an “LNG export facility”). 1] [link].

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Acoel

AUGUST 15, 2023

The aim is to allow the Service to intervene before those species are severely depleted, lose important elements of genetic diversity, or become subject to captivity. The regulatory changes are also designed to prevent “costly and extreme” measures in the future.

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Brag

MARCH 1, 2023

FTC states that the workshop likely will include panels on these subjects, and it will publish a more detailed agenda in the coming months. Written comments related to the issues to be discussed at the workshop must be received by June 13, 2023. The workshop will be held at the Constitution Center in Washington, D.C., from 8:30 a.m.

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