PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

2013), claims under the ERA had very little teeth without a supporting claim of a violation of some other statutory or regulatory provision, and an ERA claim often served as strongly worded bluster without any substance. 2013)) (citing Pa. By Paul Bruder, Jr., Commonwealth, 83 A.3d 3d 901 (Pa. Further, the Commonwealth (i.e.

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Law of the Lands

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

AS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN THE RURAL VOICE : Section 156(1) of Ontario’s Environmental Protection Act (“EPA”) authorizes a provincial officer, without a warrant or court order, to inspect any location in which or from which a contaminant “is being, has been or may be discharged in to the natural environment.”

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In New York state, voters have a chance to enshrine environmental protections in their state constitution, which could revive a legal movement that flourished in the United States a half-century ago. How many words protect freedom of speech? Dernbach told Circle of Blue. It doesn’t need to be long. Senate race.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As previously reported on this blog, ocean CDR research could implicate various international and domestic laws that might affect whether, when, where, and how projects take place. Both the LC and LP require parties to adopt domestic laws to regulate the “dumping” of “waste and other matter” at sea. Many haven’t yet done so.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 23, 2023

The Petitioners argued that the City’s 2013 and 2015 rate methodology for the SFR class violated the requirement of Proposition 218 that rates charged to any parcel be proportional to the cost of providing service to that parcel.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2022

The awards are presented to Pennsylvanians who made a unique and creative contribution to the field of environmental management in Pennsylvania with preference given to the fields of administration, law, regulation and community organization. Karl Mason served as Pennsylvania’s first State Environmental Administrator from 1952 to 1966.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

On May 10, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund announced PA General Energy, LLC notified the Department of Environmental Protection that it intends to plug its proposed toxic frack-waste injection well in Grant Township after this Memorial Day. The community’s concerns have been vindicated.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate new national ballast water treatment standards to address the threat of invasives by December 2020. 2013 EPA Vessel General Permit. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that struck down parts of the 2013 VGP as being arbitrary and capricious. requires U.S. by the U.S.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 25, 2021

The Phase l Environmental Site Assessment Standard E1527-13 will sunset in late 2021, eight years from its approval on November 6, 2013. This is hugely significant because a Phase l Environmental Site Assessment is conducted in the vast majority of the 5.6 Importantly, the ASTM E1527 is recognized by the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2024

On January 26, 2024, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a notice of violation to Equitrans Midstream for abandoning and not plugging 19 conventional gas wells at the Swarts Natural Gas Storage Field in Greene County. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 26, 2021

The awards are presented to Pennsylvanians who made a unique and creative contribution to the field of environmental management in Pennsylvania with preference given to the fields of administration, law, regulation and community organization. Karl Mason served as Pennsylvania’s first State Environmental Administrator from 1952 to 1966.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Information provided by the Department of Environmental Protection in response to a Right To Know request shows DEP took enforcement action against 14 conventional oil and gas well operators that resulted in collecting $422,365 in penalties and bond forfeitures in 2023. Read more here. Read more here.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin.

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Acoel

DECEMBER 17, 2021

ASTM announced revisions to its standard practice for Phase I environmental site assessments (E1527-21) on November 1, 2021 (the “Standard”). Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and analogous state laws. . Looking Ahead.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “Environmental Social Governance (ESG) an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association, and Not just for lawyers, on December 14, 2021 at noon. Register today for the live virtual program. 9601) and petroleum products.”.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Other violations like failure to manage drilling wastewater safely, not notifying DEP of spills, failure to submit annual well integrity and waste disposal reports, failure to operate the wells to meet environmental protection standards and many more go along with NOVs for failure to plug wells. The law would have to be changed.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

In June 2013, the University of Hawaii prepared the Lahaina Groundwater Tracer Study for the State of Hawai‘i Department of Health, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. LAHAINA GROUNDWATER TRACER STUDY (2013), [link]. After graduation, Savannah hopes to practice environmental law in Seattle, Washington.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 17, 2022

It is hugely significant that the Phase l Environmental Site Assessment standard is in limbo because that assessment is conducted in the vast majority of the 5.6 including for a real estate purchaser to avoid liability under the Superfund law). million commercial real estate transactions each year in the United States (i.e.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

By Jillian Marullo House Bill 788, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (“GHG”) “[t]o the extent that greenhouse gas emissions require authorization under federal law.” 10-1425, 2013 U.S.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

Any individual or entity who intends to discharge pollutants must enter into the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting program, overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). CAPORALI, LAW AND AGROECOLOGY: A TRANSDISCIPLINARY GUIDE 5 (Massimo Monteduro et al. MARY JANE ANGELO AND JAMES F.

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Law of the Lands

AUGUST 31, 2017

Nearly 23 years later, in the spring of 2013, a neighbouring landowner whose property was 100 feet away from Shell's property became aware of the spill. The Ministry argued that it was under no duty to perform any of the tasks described in the Environmental Protection Act , as they were discretionary only.

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 31, 2022

County of Merced (2013) 216 Cal.App.4th Attempting to draw support from San Joaquin Raptor, it stated that an exemption finding “is not a minor matter” since it forecloses any environmental impact analysis and “is at least as important to environmental protection as an MND.” Real Party In Interest) (2022) __ Cal.App.5th

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Vermont Law

APRIL 6, 2015

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. As of October 2013, lawn fertilizer containing phosphorus is banned.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2022

Learn what the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and other stakeholders are doing to restore watersheds impacted by more than 250 years of mining in the state. The Hollywood treatment facility that was built in 2013 at a cost of $14.6 What Is Acid Mine Drainage and Why Is It a Problem in Pennsylvania?

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

On February 15, the Department of Environmental Protection told the Environmental Quality Board conventional oil and gas drilling companies only paid $46,100 of the $10,600,000 it cost for DEP to regulate that industry in FY 2020-21. Overall, DEP expects an annual revenue deficit of at least $10.5 Read more here.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 6, 2014

On June 25, 2013, President Obama delivered a major speech on the topic of climate change. For these reasons, today Columbia Law School’s Center for Climate Change Law is launching the President’s Climate Action Plan Tracker. These facilities account for around 40% of all carbon pollution in the United States.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

Since when was environmental protection focused on promoting and expanding parking in protected wilderness monuments? Plainly, reducing and formalizing parking spaces in the San Gabriel River and adjacent canyon recreation areas will protect and restore the environment. San Diego Unified School Dist. 2012) 215 Cal.App.4th

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 19, 2013

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On April 18, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) committed to improving air emissions data for the oil and natural gas production sector. Kadeli (Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development).

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 12, 2016

On May 4, 2016, environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes. See Appalachian Voices v. McCarthy , 989 F.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

D&I Silica was sold to Hi-Crush Partners in 2013 for $125 million. The industry and their politicians have a history of systematically fighting any law and regulation setting even basic requirements on their industry tooth and nail, as Stewart’s presentation clearly states. Read more here.] Read more here. Read more here.

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