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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. These included documented evidence of CCR-caused “proven damage” in 17 groundwater and 10 surface water contamination cases. Section 108(b) and EPA’s Path to This Decision. What’s Next?

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) : Set up by the EPA to determine standards for clean water (part of the Clean Water Act). It prohibits the discharge of polluting chemicals into US waters unless a special permit is granted. 10 Key International Environmental Laws.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs’ complaint asserting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and Rivers and Harbors Act violations included allegations that the U.S. 34-2015-80002005 (Cal. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. The planned pipeline is to be 162.5

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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.

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

EPA is collecting information to support future Clean Water Act rulemaking for effluent limitations guidelines, pretreatment standards, and new source performance standards for manufacturers in this category, as well as potential revisions to such guidelines and standards for formulators. 14560 (Mar. 17, 2021).]] 24, 2021).]]

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

Vermont Law

During a campaign stop in North Dakota, Mr. Trump made his views known about the international climate agreement reached by 195 countries in 2015 in Paris: President Obama entered the United States into the Paris Climate Accords – unilaterally, and without the permission of Congress. 18, 2015, 1:39 PM), [link]. [31]. Eilperin, supra.

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