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The Energy Law Blog
JANUARY 2, 2024
EPA decision redefining waters of the United States (“WOTUS”) to end a ten-year conflict between the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (“USACE”) and a Louisiana landowner over the agency’s Clean Water Act (“CWA”) jurisdiction over the subject property. In Lewis v. United States , Case No.
The Energy Law Blog
JULY 25, 2013
To understand the stormwater permit requirements for oil and gas activities, you need to review not only the regulations that remain in force, but also the Clean Water Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The 2006 regulations were judicially challenged and eventually vacated. CWA §402(l)(2).
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The Energy Law Blog
MAY 26, 2016
The judgment is the latest in a suit the EPA filed against CITGO under the Clean Water Act for a 2006 spill at the oil company’s St. District Court Judge Richard Haik found CITGO negligent, and, based on the factors in the Clean Water Act, imposed a $6 million civil penalty. Charles refinery.
Vermont Law
MARCH 23, 2015
The Great Lakes are a vast natural resource, therefore it is imperative that fracking’s impacts to the watersheds feeding the Great Lakes, such as the Grand Traverse Bay watershed, be considered. Zoning Enabling Act of 2006 and the Township Ordinance Act of 1945. Local ordinances, such as the.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
In the United States, excess nutrients build up in waterways from Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico, precipitating algae outbreaks that kill fish, close public drinking water utilities, and pollute water. Sydnee Owens, who contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2006, died six year later at age 14. He was 19 when he died.
The Energy Law Blog
MAY 26, 2023
21-454 (May 25, 2023) is a landmark ruling in environmental law interpreting the scope of water bodies covered by the Clean Water Act (CWA) – an issue that has been debated by courts, presidential administrations, and federal agencies for decades. 715, 739 (2006). [3] Supreme Court decision in Sackett v.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The Michigan Constitution, ratified in 1963, states that “ the natural resources of the state are hereby declared to be of paramount public concern in the interest of the health, safety and general welfare of the people. The statute outlaws conduct that is “likely to pollute, impair, or destroy” natural resources and the environment.
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