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Environmental - April, 2013

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• BP Spill Plaintiffs May Struggle To Show Economic Losses
• Fla. Bill To Speed Up Manufacturing Permits Heads To Gov.
• BP Attys' Docs On Deepwater Privileged, Judge Rules
• Sen. Boxer Wants EPA To Answer About Texas Plant Blast
• EPA Sets New Residue Limits For Monsanto Pesticide
• Fracking Not Behind Methane Contamination, Pa. DEP Says
• McConnell Eyes Revamp Of EPA's Coal Mine Permit Process
• PSE&G's $446M Solar Projects Clear NJ Regulatory Hurdle
• EU Closes Antitrust Probe Of French Water Utilities
• Q&A With Dinsmore's Tim Hoffman
• Alaska Tests The Scope Of CWA
• Texas Pipeline Penalties May Hit $2M Under New Bill
• Katten Bigger In Texas With New Houston Office, 5 Enviro Pros
• State Green-Energy Mandates Hold Firm Despite Opposition
• Enviro Group Challenges Wyo. Coal Leases
• African Bank OKs $150M Loan To Kenya Wind Project
• SC Utility Sued Over Arsenic Pollution From Coal Plant
• NJ Assembly Approves Flood Permitting Measure
• NJ Assembly Backs Administrative Law Reforms
• DOE Blasts $225M Suit By Electric Car, Battery Cos.
• Husch Blackwell Adds Product Liability Pro From Jenner
• BLM Issues Rule To Smooth Way For Solar, Wind Projects
• Water Official Convicted Of Lying About Well
• EU Commission Pledges To Push Through Bee Pesticide Ban
• GE Demands Millions For River Cleanup From Nat'l Grid Unit
• US Chamber Pushes Senate To OK Funding For Water Projects
• Chubb Wants Full Panel Review Of 9th Circ. Superfund Loss
• Q&A With Gardere's Richard Faulk
• Condemn Now, CEQA-Compliance Later? Maybe
• Offshore Wind Progress In Md., Mass. Spark Arms Race
• GOP Reps. Criticize EPA Over Fracking Studies
• Solar Co. Owes $292M After Breaching Supply Deal, Suit Says
• Sierra Club Seeks ConocoPhillips' Arctic Drilling Docs
• Insurers Needn't Cover Old Lead Contamination, Court Told
• Transocean Must Turn Over Deepwater Docs To Chem Board
• EPA Doubles Down On Alaska Mine Impact Report
• White House Names FTC's Shelanski To Lead Oversight Body
• Water Official Lied To State About Well Use, Jury Hears
• BP Misled NYC Pensions On Deepwater Spill, $39M Suit Says
• Tesoro Must Pay Water Bills Before Pumping For Refinery
• Entergy Says Vt. Can't Block Nuke Plant Upgrade
• Enviros Claim TVA Rushed $1.2B Coal Plant Project Approval
• Q&A With Phelps Dunbar's Patrick Talley
• Climate Change Is Heating Up In DC
• Biosolid Recycler Synagro Wins Approval Of $30M DIP
• 9th Circ. Scraps Northwest Land Deal Over Wildlife Concerns
• Asarco Says It Didn't Waive Cemex Claim In $19M Cleanup Row
• Reps. Want Probe Of Federal Oversight After Texas Plant Blast
• Sens. Propose New Nuclear Waste Disposal Program
• Carbon Capture Rule Heads For White House Review
• EU Seal Import Ban Is Legal, Court Rules
• Insurer Launches $5.7M Suit Over DuPont Herbicide
• Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's Chris Carr
• NJ Senate Committee Clears Sandy Coastal Protection Bills
• The Historical Context For Industrial Pollution — Part 1
• US Forest Service Dodges Dredge Mining Suit
• Green Energy Tax Plan May Come With Unwelcome Tradeoff
• Anadarko Urges Court To Nix Deepwater Securities Suit
• Tenants' Atty Threatened With Sanctions In Subway Stop Row
• DOI Offers 21M Gulf Acres For Offshore Drilling
• EPA Vapor Guidance Could Mean Big Testing, Cleanup Costs
• Enviros Get Partial Win In EPA Suit Over Idaho Waterways
• Consol Strikes $36M Settlement To Replace Cracked Pa. Dam
• P&G Challenges $2.2B OneBeacon Sale Over Liability Worries
• Entergy Wins $48M Over DOE's Failure To Handle Nuke Waste
• Carlyle's Synagro Seeks Ch. 11, But $455M Sale In Works
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apax Partners, Icahn, Riverstone
• Texas Plant Blast Likely Caused $100M In Insured Losses
• The Way Forward For Fracking After CBD V. Salazar
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Carol Dinkins
• Sierra Chemical Spilled Bleach Into Waterways, Suit Says
• Derailment Case Belongs In NJ, Conrail Tells Pa. Judge
• NJ Train Derailment Suit Stays In Federal Court
• Texas Court Pares Suit Over Bogus Fracking Pollution Claims
• Solar Project Stalled By Funds Frozen In Contractor Dispute
• Fla. Counties Troubled By Bill Concerning Oil Spill Money
• EPA's Critique Casts Fresh Doubt On Keystone XL
• High Court Skeptical Of Texas Claim To Okla. Water
• DOE Ponies Up $18M For Military Biofuel Projects
• 5th Circ. Speeds Up BP's Appeal Over Spill Claims Process
• Graham Blocks Vote On DOE Nominee Over Nuclear Waste Site
• EPA Can Revoke Army Corps Coal Permits, DC Circ. Says
• Dominion CEO Calls For Federal Energy Czar
• Pa. DEP Floats Plan To Increase Fracking Permit Fees
• Utilities Can't Toss EPA Coal Pollution Settlement: DC Circ.
• Mining Co.'s State Permits Sink CWA Suit, 7th Circ. Told
• Q&A With Burr & Forman's Scott Hitch
• EPA Evades Wide-Ranging Endangered Species Pesticide Suit
• What To Expect From EPA's New Vessel General Permits
• Texas Asks High Court To Scrap EPA's Greenhouse Gas Rules
• NY Hands A Key To Policyholders Seeking Post-Suit Docs
• NJ High Court Urged To Overturn DEP Waiver Rule
• $1.3M Won't Rectify NJ Landfill's Pollution: Appeals Court
• EPA Cross-State Air Rule An Imperative, High Court Told
• Wis. Utilities To Make $1B In Upgrades To Settle CAA Suit
• Portuguese Shipper Pays $1M To Settle Pollution Charges
• Chemical Cos. Kick BPA Off Of Prop 65 List For Now
• Outlook Grim For BP In Deepwater Trial, Experts Say
• Pa. Refinery To Add Pollution Controls To End Emissions Row
• 6th Circ. Nixes Army Corps' Coal Mining Waste Permit
• Travelers Dodges Defense Of Waste Co.'s Tussle With EPA
• Chevron Breached Gas Well Contract, Project Partner Says
• NY Enviros Hold Noses As Dairy Herd Size Rule Gets OK
• High Court Sidesteps Fight Over Wetland Mitigation Credits
• Occidental Denied High Court Review Of Peru Pollution Case
• High Court Grants Rio Tinto Win In Human Rights Battle
• ABB To Pay $1B For Calif. Solar Energy Co. Power-One
• Q&A With Sills Cummis' Andrew Robins
• What To Know About IRS' 'Begun Construction' Tests
• Halliburton Takes $1B Charge, Nears Deepwater Settlement
• Calif. Panel Advances Bill To Curb Dangerous-Chemical Suits
• Day Pitney Hires Former O'Melveny Head Of NY Real Estate
• REC Sales Don't Compete With Electricity, Appeals Court Told
• $2B Canada-NYC 'Extension Cord' Still Needs Electricity
• Calif. Hasn't Spent $455M In Water Project Funds, EPA Says
• Calif. High-Speed Rail Authority Settles Enviro Suit
• EPA Proposes New Limits On Coal-Plant Water Pollution
• $1B PSE&G Solar Projects Slammed By NJ Utility Watchdog
• Florida To Sue BP On Deepwater Horizon Anniversary
• Fracking Ruling May Stymie Oil, Gas Projects On US Land
• Real Estate Co. Hands Over $1.5M In Asbestos Cleanup Deal
• DC Circ. Greenlights DOT Cross-Border Trucking Program
• EU Disclosure Rule Irrelevant To SEC Rule, API Tells DC Circ.
• Tenants Want NYC 2nd Ave. Subway Line Work Blocked
• Cemex Will Pay $1M To Settle Colo. Clean Air Act Claims
• 8th Circ. Foils Insurer's Bid To Arbitrate Plant Collapse Fight
• Shell, Others Ask High Court To Reject Alaska Climate Suit
• CVC Buys Majority Stake In Energy Co. From Charterhouse
• NY GOP Senator Pushes Fracking Settlement Disclosure Bill
• Keep Honeywell, PPG Chromium Suit In Fed. Court: NJ Judge
• Q&A With LeClairRyan's James Kosch
• A Guide To Effective Environmental Due Diligence
• McGuireWoods Nabs Former Va. County Atty For Enviro Area
• Bills To Create CEQA Courts Hinge On Funding Question
• NJ Speeds Up Coastal Permitting To Ease Sandy Rebuilding
• Triton Shells Out $815M For Abengoa Waste Management Unit
• Enviros Again Target Calif. Oil, Gas Lease Sales
• BakerHostetler Lures Ex-Fulbright Atty To Head FDA Group
• Native American Group Drops Chevron Solar Project Suit
• Blackstone Wins NY Regulator's OK To Build $2B Power Line
• Oil Co. Pushes Texas High Court For Release Of Exxon Docs
• House Bill Would Allow DOE To Block Major EPA Energy Rules
• 3 Ways To Leverage Internet Access During Trial
• DuPont, Texas City Pay $1M For Superfund Cleanup
• Senate Energy Committee Greenlights DOE Nominee Moniz
• Q&A With Phelps Dunbar's Steve Levine
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC Capital, Hulu, SolarWorld
• Houston To File $23M Suit Against BP Over Lost Tax Revenue
• 1st Phase Of BP Spill Trial Draws To A Close
• Lloyd's May Bring All-Sums Ruling To Mo. High Court's Door
• D&L Energy Seeks Ch. 11 As Legal Woes Grow
• Departing DEP Chief Gets Mixed Reviews From Attys, Enviros
• Petroleum Groups Challenge DC Circ. Ethanol Ruling
• India Raises Trade Concerns Over US Green Energy Programs
• House Panel OKs Bill To Circumvent Obama On Keystone XL
• EPA Urges DC Circ. To Reinstate Mountaintop Mining Regs
• Congress Ripped For Not Enacting Post-Deepwater Reforms
• EPA Unveils New Vapor Pollution Draft Guidance
• Hunton & Williams Regains Ex-Winston & Strawn Enviro Vet
• 10 States To Sue EPA Over Plant Emission Rules
• Patton Boggs Lied To Fund $19B Chevron Suit, Investor Says
• Q&A With Quarles & Brady's Larry Falbe
• Gunster Lands Former US Ambassador In Miami
• 11th Circ. Revives Contamination Suit Against Foot Locker
• Enviros Question Christie's Nominee To NJ Utility Regulator
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Auction Is Illegal Tax, Trade Groups Say
• Wind Projects May Get Jump Start From Updated Tax Credit
• Mo. Appeals Court Reinstates $62M Lloyd's Pollution Verdict
• NAFTA Concerns Could Complicate $1.5B Fortis-CH Merger
• EU Vote Clouds Cap-And-Trade System's Future
• BP Hit With $1B Toxic Emissions Suit Over Texas Refinery
• Judge Won't Step Down From Exxon Cleanup Suit
• Coal Plant Expansion Review Unnecessary, DC Circ. Hears
• Experts In Remco Toxic Tort Were Ignored, 9th Circ. Told
• Lockheed Plans 10-MW Thermal Energy Plant Off China Coast
• Energy Cos. Retool Plants' Safety Plans To Settle EPA Claims
• NY Solar Program Extension Bill OK'd By State Senate Panel
• Donziger Counterclaims In $19B Chevron Suit Rejected
• Deals Rumor Mill: Panasonic, Suntech, ConocoPhillips
• Q&A With Stradley Ronon's Cathy Ward
• How A Product Liability Case May Impact Your Insurance
• NJDEP Says Refusals To Ink Easements Stalling Dune Project
• Delay Doesn't Spell Doom For EPA Plant Emissions Rule
• Pumping Oil Into Tanks Counts As Discharge, 2nd Circ. Hears
• DOE Slams Enviro Challenge To US-Mexico Transmission Line
• Rio Tinto Mine Expansion Nixed Over Ecological Impact
• Texas, Electric Cos. Ask DC Circ. To Nix EPA Boiler Rule
• Polsinelli Nabs Chicago RE, Wind Energy Pro From Reed Smith
• Supreme Court Seeks US Input On Texas-NM Water Dispute
• Philly Casino To Settle Feds' River Pollution Claims
• Q&A With Perkins Coie's Tom Lindley
• Chinese, Vietnamese Exporters Sue Over Wind Tower Duties
• Top Issues Facing Landowners Of Oil And Gas
• Calif. Adds BPA To List Of Dangerous Chemicals
• House Panel Advances Bill Halting E15 Ethanol Fuel Use
• NM Enviro Group Seeks Contempt Order In Building Code Row
• Troutman Adds Ex-Stoel Rives Renewables Pro In Portland
• Details Of Alleged Atty Meddling In $19B Chevron Suit Emerge
• Morgan Lewis Lures Product Liability Vet In Chicago
• Ark. AG Wants $4M From Exxon To Fund Oil Spill Probe
• Houston May Extend Tax Zone For $556M Transit, Park Plans
• Reed Smith Nabs Ex-McDermott Energy Transactions Pro
• Steptoe Lures EU Regulatory Team In Brussels
• Q&A With Faegre Baker's Bob Anderson
• High Court Leaves Road Wide Open For CWA Citizen Suits
• Old GM Pays $5.5M In Final Enviro Settlement
• Satcon Trustee Gets Nod To Jump-Start Operations
• Oil Spills Turn Up Heat On Pipeline Safety Reforms
• Army Corps Shakes Suit Over Wastewater Pipeline Permit
• Enviro Adviser Flips, Says $19B Chevron Judgment 'Tainted'
• Proposed Legislation Would Scrap Renewable Fuel Program
• Brownstein Hyatt Launches Energy, Enviro Team In DC
• US Steel, Pa. Rep. At Odds Over Higher Air Emission Fees
• EPA Eases Anti-Emission Rule For Oil, Gas Storage
• Fortis' $1.5B NY Utility Buy Takes Flak From Local Lawmakers
• Ex-BP Engineer Denies Deleting Voicemails About Spill
• Senator Makes Final Push For Chemical Safety Reform
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Challenge To Quarry Zoning Law
• Alstom Inks $590M Supply Deal For Brazilian Wind Project
• House Passes Bill To Ease Hydropower Review Requirements
• EPA Nominee Pledges Climate Change Action, Transparency
• Gulf Coast Cos. Sue BP, Others Over Deepwater Debacle
• US Must Learn More On Nuclear Disaster Planning, GAO Says
• La. Court Reverses AIG Unit's Win In $8.7M Pollution Fight
• Q&A With Perkins Coie's Barbara Schussman
• NJ Court Should Handle Hexcel Pollution Row, Judge Says
• Sound The Alarm: Uninjured Plaintiffs Now Have Standing
• What's In A (Tropical Storm's) Name?
• Obama's Budget Plan Doubles Down On Clean Energy
• Senate Confirms Jewell As Interior Secretary
• EPA Nominee Expected To Survive Senate Climate Grilling
• Obama Budget Would Force EPA To Tighten Its Belt
• LA Light-Rail Agency Sued Over 'Deficient' Enviro Report
• Court Halts Barrick's $8.5B Chilean Gold Mine Project
• Indonesia Geothermal Group Inks Service, Power Contracts
• Keystone XL Expedited Approval Bill Is Problematic, Rep. Says
• ConocoPhillips Suspends 2014 Alaska Drilling Plans
• DOI Wasn't In Contempt With Gulf Drilling Ban: 5th Circ.
• Q&A With Katten's Steven Solow
• Calif. Plumbs The Depths Of Water Damage Exclusions
• Gov. Brown Approves Plan To Link Carbon Market With Quebec
• EPA Asks High Court To Hear Cross-State Air Rule Appeal
• 5th Circ. Nixes La. Katrina Victims' FEMA Trailer Claims
• Highlands Agency Didn't Shortchange Developer: NJ Court
• Florida Power's Deal With 3 Biomass Plants Gets Go-Ahead
• Vale Gets Final OK For $19B Serra Sul Mine Project
• EU Advances Transparency Rules For Oil, Gas, Mining Cos.
• Pa. DEP Can Withhold Chesapeake Tank Fire Docs, Court Says
• Natural Gas Is Key To Low-Carbon US, DOE Nominee Says
• Enviros Ask DOE To Stall LNG Export Approval
• Exxon Hit With $236M Verdict In MTBE Water Pollution Case
• Vietnamese Wind Tower Co. Sues Commerce Over Duties
• Go Back To Drawing Board, Boeing Cancer Plaintiffs Told
• Enviro Consultant Freed From $19B Chevron Pollution Fight
• DC Agency Won't Face Class In Lead Tap Water Suit
• Q&A With Epstein Becker's Sheila Woolson
• What The Future Holds For Fracking In NY
• Satcon Lender Questions Ch. 7 Trustee's Recovery Plan
• Calif. Air District Adopts Fracking Disclosure Rule
• NYC, NYU Avoid Additional Discovery In Parkland Dispute
• Chemical Co., CEO Can't Dodge Charges Over Workers' Deaths
• Concerns Prompt Fla. Lawmaker To Pause Land Swap Bill
• GE To Pour Up To $230M Into Kansas Wind Farm
• US Ignored Fracking In Granting Calif. Leases, Judge Says
• Enviros Get Partial Win In W.Va. Selenium Pollution Suit
• DC Circ. Told EPA's CO2 Emissions Exemption Was Premature
• Enbridge, EDF Buy $600M Alberta Wind Farm From Greengate
• San Fran Blasts Enviros' $1.3M Fee Bid In Golf Course Case
• Q&A With Day Pitney's Beth Barton
• Chevron Blames US For Pollution At Mineral Mining Site
• Parties Involved In RIN Fraud, EPA Will Protect You
• Forged Signature Claim Bars BP Spill Attys' Fee Bid: Judge
• Fla. Land-Buying Amendment Heads For High Court Review
• BP Loses Appeal To Halt Deepwater Payouts
• Ill. Didn't Have Enough Mine Inspectors Last 2 Years: Report
• Oil Industry Outrage Won't Stop New EPA Gas Standard
• Exxon Hit With Class Action Over Ark. Pipeline Rupture
• Brazilian Utility Pumps $330M Into Water Infrastructure
• DOI Dodges Suit Over Calif. Drainage Project In 9th Circ.
• US Looks To Bring Tuna Labeling In Line With WTO
• Q&A With Stradley Ronon's Andrew Levine
• BrightSource Shelves 500-MW Hidden Hills Solar Project
• Judge In $19B Chevron Pollution Fight Denies Bribery Claims
• Pa. Rule Easing Emergency Access At Frack Sites Approved
• JM Huber Sues CNA Units For Coverage Of Oil Pollution Suit
• Home Depot Pays $8M To Ditch High-VOC Paint Suit
• Tyson Foods Exposed Workers To Toxic Gas, DOJ Says
• NJ Tax Bill Debate Postponed As Enviro Group Attacks
• NJ High Court Ruling Stresses Due Process In Enviro Actions
• White House Urged To Resist Export Climate Change Review
• Ex-BP Engineer Denies Destroying Evidence In Spill Case
• DOI Ratchets Up Offshore Drilling Safety Standards
• Whooping Crane Endangerment With A Water Rights Twist
• Chevron Can't Force Ecuador Advocacy Group To Reveal Docs
• Xcel Unit That Scrapped $400M Wind Farm Deal Beats Suit
• Dip In Gas Prices Means Less Fracking Revenue For Pa.
• IRS To Increase Wind Energy Tax Credit
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Review Deepwater Spill Payouts
• Fla. Senate OKs Bill To Develop New Water Supplies
• High Court Asked To Weigh Trade Groups' Right To Sue EPA
• Anglo American Hit With $10M Penalty In Deadly Pier Collapse
• Q&A With Gibbons' Irvin Freilich
• Honeywell's Botched Cleanup Endangered Public, Suit Says
• Texas Lawmakers Urge Frack Fluid Fee, Widened Pipeline Regs
• 5th Circ. Sinks Patent Suit Over BP's Deepwater Plunger
• EPA Atty's Sexually Explicit Emails Justified Firing: Fed. Circ.
• Blowout Preventer Co. Escapes Deepwater Oil Spill Charges
• NJ's Enviro Regulator Secures $5M Superfund Settlement
• Arkema Pays $1.4M To Settle DOI's Arsenic Pollution Claims
• 5 Tips To Limit An Environmental Disaster's Legal Fallout
• Sacramento Faces Suit Over $447M Kings Arena Project
• Pa. Lawmaker Wants Natural Gas Deemed Alternative Energy
• 9th Circ. Rejects PG&E Power Pole Pollution Claims
• Exxon Initiates Review Of World's Largest Floating LNG Plant
• BP Puts US Wind Farms On The Market
• Judge Wants W.Va. High Court's Take On Fracking Rights
• Q&A With Katten's Chuck Knauss
• How Lawyers Benefit From Early Neutral Evaluation
• Fast-Track Ruling Could Weaken CEQA Reform Push
• EPA May Regret 6th Circ. Clean Air Win
• Gas Co.'s Fracking Defamation Suit Sent Back To Trial Court
• Sherwin-Williams Can't Dodge Chemical Cleanup Suit
• Cornell Solar Project Could Test NY Energy Incentive
• Sierra Club To Sue BNSF For Coal Spillage From Railcars
• Newark Housing Authority Files Fraud Suit Against Solar Co.
• Enviros' Fingerprints On EPA Emissions Proposal: GOP Sens.
• Exxon Says Enviros Can't Sue It Over Refinery Emissions
• Japanese Solar Project Lands Novel $172M Financing Deal
• DOE Can't Excuse Nuclear Waste Disposal Delay: Fed. Circ.
• Transocean Can't Dodge Deepwater Investigation Subpoenas
• Ford Slammed Over Fuel Efficiency Estimates In Hybrids
• Ark. Opens Probe Into Exxon Mobil Pipeline Rupture
• Railroads Can't Quash $40M Wis. Superfund Cleanup Suit
• Q&A With Thompson Hine's Beth Davis
• Inside EPA's Plan For Startups, Shutdowns And Malfunctions
• AIG Unit Can't Exit Early From $69M Wildfire Coverage Suit
• BP Can't Challenge Spill Payouts, Deepwater Judge Told
• Dominion Strikes $13M Deal To Settle EPA's CAA Allegations
• Lubrizol Can't Get Coverage For Pollution Cleanup Costs
• Q&A With Haynes And Boone's Mary Mendoza
• High Court Rejects Challenge To EPA Nitrogen Dioxide Rule
• Dissecting Alaska's Oil And Gas Dilemma