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NEPA in the Supreme Court (Part II)

Legal Planet

Or suppose BLM is deciding whether to approve a private project on its land that will produce a lot of air pollution. The emissions may require a permit from EPA as a major source, but EPA has authority over the facility’s pollution control system rather than whether it should be built. It chose not to do so. Argument 3.

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U.C. Davis Law School to Host “Clean Water Act at 50” Conference

Legal Planet

On Friday, October 7th, the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at U.C. Davis School of Law will convene a major, day-long conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act. Davis School of Law. The event will assess the progress the U.S. Hall, the U.C. It is free to attendees.

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Reflections on a Century of “Regulatory Takings” Law

Legal Planet

Credit: ABA for Law Students. For the first 130 years of the American nation’s history, the Takings Clause was widely understood to apply only to government’s physical seizure of private property. One hundred years ago this month, the U.S. In the December 1922 decision Pennsylvania Coal Company v.

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Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

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Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay Outdated federal water laws and chemicals that were approved for industry without assessing for risk leave Ann Arbor and other communities struggling to ward off water contaminants before they foul drinking supplies. It’s frustrating,” he said. In the case of PFAS alone, a U.S.

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DOJ Doesn’t Know How to Declare Victory

Law and Environment

According to Inside EPA (subscription required), the Department of Justice (and the Sierra Club) have opposed Ameren’s Missouri’s motion to allow it to close its Rush Island generating facility early, rather than install otherwise required pollution control equipment. Like Tevye in A Fiddler on the Roof, I’ll tell you. . I don’t know.

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BERDO Implementation Picks Up Speed — Better Get Ready

Law and Environment

The Air Pollution Control Commission will later hold a “formal” public comment period at a time TBD. Phase II will include provisions governing the standard emissions factors; alternative compliance mechanisms; how to establish either hardship emission limits or compliance timelines; and exemptions.

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PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council Win Record $42 Million Air Pollution Settlement Covering 3 US Steel Facilities In The Mon Valley, Pittsburgh

PA Environment Daily

This historic announcement shows that we will not sit by while illegal air pollution rains down on nearby communities and the Pennsylvanians who live in them." The settlement also includes approximately $37 million worth of pollution control and plant reliability upgrades to prevent future breakdowns of essential pollution control systems.