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(Mis)Estimating Regulatory Costs

Legal Planet

In 2011, EPA had estimated that the compliance cost would work out to $9.6 Second, the agency needs information about the costs of facility-by-facility changes, such as shifts in how often facilities are used, their fuel consumption, and how pollution controls were actually operated. billion per year.

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Catch 22 at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

In 2011, in AEP v. 410 (2011). But that all encompassing regulatory system does not include the ability for the federal government—and certainly not states– to take any action against GHG emissions that does not involve site-specific pollution control. Now, in West Virginia v. Connecticut , 564 U. Post, at 20.

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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

Circle of Blue

The evening of January 14, 2011, Jacob, then a 16-year-old sophomore at Aurora High School, entered a basketball game against Central City. At a January 31, 2011, appointment the doctor ordered blood tests and chest X-rays, to check for infection. Everything is going according to plan,” Gary wrote in his journal on February 25, 2011.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

Now, SB 1137 protects communities by establishing a setback distance of 3,200 feet for homes, schools, parks, or businesses open to the public from new wells, and requires comprehensive pollution controls for existing oil wells within the setback zone. Land Use and Building Decarbonization.

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DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24

PA Environment Daily

Under the COA, Shell will pay a civil penalty of $4,935,023 – and as required by Act 57 of 2011, 25 percent of this penalty will be directed to local communities. The COA resolves air quality violations during commissioning of Shell’s petrochemical facility in Potter and Center Townships, Beaver County.

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EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Will Have A Dramatic Impact on Texas and Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

By: Lesley Foxhall Pietras On August 8, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching Clean Air Act rule intended to address the interstate transport of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from upwind to downwind states. See 76 Fed. 48208 (Aug. Tribune, Sept.

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

million cut continued from the FY 2010-11 DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2011-12 budget; -- $8.3 million cut continued from the FY 2010-11 DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2011-12 budget; -- $8.3 million in across-the-board cuts to help fill gaps caused by reduced federal Medicaid appropriations-- $2.4 million; DCNR: $1.5

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