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Environmental - July, 2013

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• 9th Circ. Nixes Oil Exploration Plan For Mont. Historic Site
• NJ Court Won't Disturb Law Blocking Tax Refund For Polluters
• Oil Co. Hit With $1.5M Fine For Well Violations
• Deepwater Wind Wins Offshore Leases With $4M Bid
• Halliburton Arraigned For File Deletion In Deepwater Case
• Timber Co. Ends 12-Year Fight With Forest Service
• EMD Millipore To Pay $2.7M For Alleged Pesticide Violations
• Enviro Groups Sue Feds Over $90M Loan For Coal Exports
• House Panel Backs $24B Spending Bill Slashing EPA Budget
• At EPA's Request, 7th Circ. Alters Ruling In CERCLA Suit
• Sen. Demands Chemical Safety Bill Leave Power To States
• Cuomo Offers Bank Credits To Spur $3B Infrastructure Effort
• Ready Or Not, Here Comes Green Chemistry
• Class Challenges $300M Monsanto Toxic Tort Settlement
• GOP Sens. Rip Bill Requiring Consent For Nuke Waste Storage
• AGs Say Toxic Chemical Law Fix Foolishly Cuts Out States
• TVA Beats Challenge To Power Line Tree Maintenace
• Nev. Enviros Sue To Halt Reno Road Project
• Senate Bill Would Cut Permitting Red Tape On Federal Land
• Green Group Can Join Suit Over Pa. Watershed Limits
• Halliburton To Admit To Deepwater Evidence Spoliation
• Beverly Hills Says LA Subway Project On The Wrong Track
• EPA Deals Enable $30M Urban St. Louis Cleanup Project
• BSEE Launches Panel Probe Into Hercules Rig Blowout
• BP Says $20B Deepwater Horizon Claims Fund Running Dry
• Rainmaker Q&A: Hangley Aronchick's Steven Miano
• NJ Lawmakers Point Fingers After Open Space Bill Falls Short
• BASF Dumps DDT Claims With $5M Settlement
• Donziger's Fraud Claims Nixed In Chevron Racketeering Suit
• Alaska Utility Seeks Permit For US-Canada Electric Line
• 5th Circ. Urged To Keep BP, Anadarko On Hook For Gulf Spill
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bilzin Sumberg's Stan Price
• Property Rights Coalition Blasts US Blueways Initiative
• Internal EPA Doc Warns Of Drilling's Harm To Pa. Town's Water
• $135M DOE Grant For Electric Vehicles Legal, Watchdog Says
• EU Says China Open To Talks On Wine, Polysilicon Probes
• Enviros Sue NY Over Relaxed Dairy Farm Water Rules
• Shumaker Loop Lands Ex-Fowler White Atty In Tampa
• Developers' Suit Over EPA's Ariz. River Finding Nixed
• EU Defends Chinese Solar Deal Against Industry Outcry
• Get Ready For Stricter Energy Star Enforcement
• DC Circ. Won't Revive Cross-Border Trucking Emissions Row
• GOP Senator Targets Costly EPA Regulations
• Exxon Can't Dodge $105M MTBE Verdict At 2nd Circ.
• EPA Strikes Down Pollution Exception In Idaho Water Plan
• Calif. Appeals Court OKs Marin County Ban On Plastic Bags
• Zoning Review Still On Hold In Pa. Fracking Battle
• Cuomo Signs Ban On Possession, Sale Of Most Shark Fins
• Texas, Wyo. Lose DC Circ. Challenge To GHG Rules
• First Responders Want Pa. Law Applied To Conrail Spill Suit
• Equitix JV Closes In On $533M Offshore Wind Links
• Daimler Vows Fight After France Doubles Down On Car Ban
• Enbridge Units Sued Over Minn. Pipeline Discharge
• Enviro Modeling: When To Use It And What To Look For
• US Fights Bid To Close Delphi Bankruptcy Cases
• Halliburton To Plead Guilty To Destroying Deepwater Evidence
• Int'l Paper's Appeal Over Connelly Baker Hire Falls Short
• Class Dismissed: Recent Lessons From The Supreme Court
• NRC Foreign Ownership Policy: New Course For 21st Century
• NJ Enviro Groups Say $3.9B Grid Project Affects Ratepayers
• Baron & Budd Atty Assumes Presidency Of Plaintiffs Group
• IIl. Sues ExxonMobil Over Hydrogen Sulfide Release
• La. Gov. Bashes Levee Board's Multibillion-Dollar Oil Co. Suit
• Ex-BP Engineer's Deepwater Forensics Subpoena Tossed
• House Votes To Weaken EPA Oversight Of Coal Ash
• Troutman Sanders Adds Williams Mullen Enviro Pro In Raleigh
• BHP, Rio To Sink $3B Into Chilean Water Desalination Plant
• Reversing Course, EPA Nixes Idaho Water Plan
• DC Judge Tosses Suit Over Indian Casino Construction
• MarkWest Gas Plant Challenge Can Proceed, Pa. Judge Says
• House GOP Wants To Ease Federal Fracking Regs
• Rainmaker Q&A: Neal Gerber's Angela Elbert
• Georgia-Pacific Adopts Stormwater Controls To Settle Suit
• E-Waste Co. Chief Gets 30 Months For TV Disposal Scheme
• NJ Court Backs $12M Tax Reduction For Contaminated Site
• Shake-Up Of Brass Will Help End Efficiency Woes, DOE Says
• Exide Wins Final Approval Of $500M DIP Over Enviro Objections
• 2013's Big Energy Decisions Tip In Favor Of Industry
• 9th Circ. Upholds Alaska Fishing Limits To Protect Sea Lions
• EDF Renewable Nabs Interests In $285M Texas Wind Farm
• BP, Energy Cos. Sued For Billions Over La. Coastal Damage
• Enviros Hit EPA With PG&E Power Station Permit Challenge
• EIB Curbs Lending For Coal-Fired Power Projects
• LA Council Certifies Enviro Report For $664M Project
• US Should Lift Veil On EU Trade Talks, Lawmakers Hear
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bird Marella's Gary Lincenberg
• 500 Days Of The Revised Removal Statutes
• EPA Scientist Backs Fracking Study Amid GOP Skepticism
• Transocean Can't Shake Deepwater Doc Subpoenas: 5th Circ.
• 10th Circ. Chucks Enviro Challenge To Coal Plant Permit
• Sens. Slam DOI For 'Double Standards' On Revenue Sharing
• EPA Settlement Lands $1.1B In San Antonio Sewer Upgrades
• NY Nuke Plant Supervisor Charged With Faking Safety Tests
• Kansas Considering New Fracking Disclosure Rules
• Rio Grande Standby Mining Permit Nixed For Improper Review
• Lafarge To Pay $1.5M, Get Extension In EPA Deal
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• Chevron Forks Over $847M For North Sea Oil Contracts
• O'Quinn Firm Wants $1.3B Chevron Malpractice Suit Pared
• DC Circ. Nixes Industry Challenge To EPA Ozone Rules
• Rainmaker Q&A: Miles & Stockbridge's Michael Brown
• DOI Official Stands By Coal Mining Rulemaking Process
• Coal Mine's Selenium Discharge Violates CWA, Judge Says
• Indian Harbor Wants No Part Of Landfill Cleanup Costs
• Forecast Is Sunny For Solar Projects In Calif.
• GOP Bill Would Slash $3B From EPA Funding
• 10th Circ. Haze Plan Ruling Leaves States At EPA's Mercy
• Ch. 11 Buyer Targets Debtor's Insurers For Cleanup Costs
• 9th Circ. Admits Error In River Diversion Row
• SEC Reverses Nasdaq Delisting Of CleanTech
• 9th Circ. Revives Enviros' Suit Over Scrap-Metal Discharge
• $398M Maine Wind Farm Faces Enviro Concerns In Hearings
• Patriot Coal Investors Slam Execs' Bid To Ditch Fraud Suit
• Army Corps Beats Suit Over $791M Fla. Airport Project
• Occidental, Others Hit With $50M Radioactive Cleanup Suit
• Energy Department To Undergo Leadership Shake-Up
• Taylor Can't Dodge Gulf Spill Clean Water Act Suit
• US Tabs Va. Coast For Offshore Wind Lease Sale
• Ins And Outs Of CEQA Streamlining For The Bay Area
• Rainmaker Q&A: Kelley Drye's John Villafranco
• NJ BPU Denies Wind Developer, Ratepayer Advocate Deal
• Leaked EU Draft Policy Allows State Aid For Nuclear Power
• Conergy Plans To Sell Brand To Fla.-Based Kawa Capital
• DOE Study Says No Groundwater Pollution At Pa. Fracking Site
• 10th Circ. Rejects Okla. Challenge to EPA Sulfur Rule
• With West In Tow, World Bank Bets Relevance On Green Power
• UK Cuts Gas Development Taxes To Spur Fracking Projects
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Blaze New Trails Worldwide
• State Fracking Rules Would Trump US Regs Under GOP Bill
• EPA Strikes Deal To Review Updated Calif. Ozone Plan
• Md. Can't Balk On Dominion Plant Permit, DC Circ. Says
• BP Loses Bid To Halt Deepwater Spill Payments
• Enviros Want In On Challenge To EPA's Pa. Watershed Limits
• Calif. Ordered To Create Hex Chrome Water Safety Rule
• More Than Just A Pretty Picture: Presenting Enviro Data
• Rainmaker Q&A: Morgan Lewis' David Asmus
• Carbon Reduction Puzzle Awaits New EPA Administrator
• Wiseman Settles Superfund Coverage Suit Against TIG
• Contractor Urges High Court To Review Gulf Drilling Ban
• Travelers Slips Coverage Of NY Utility's Gas Plant Pollution
• Synagro Can Seek Votes For Ch. 11 Plan To Tweak $465M Deal
• Allstate Sued Over Oakland Development's CWA Case
• Senate Easily Confirms McCarthy As EPA Administrator
• China Hits US, Korea With Steep Duties On Solar Material
• Clean Energy Projects Stymied By Financing Costs, Sens. Told
• US Not Sold On Kodak's Enviro Cleanup Deal With NY
• Aventine Sues 3 Ethanol Producers Over Soured Contracts
• DOI Admits Fault In Stream Buffer Zone Rule Suit
• Enviros Seek Limits On Conoco's Rights In Alaska Suit
• Mitsubishi Parts Caused Nuke Plant Closure, Utility Says
• New Texas Laws Will Boost The State's Energy Industry
• Property Management Co. Hit With Record $2M Wetlands Fine
• NJ Court Says Utilities Board Snubbed DEP Bid To Buy Site
• 5th Circ. Vacates $6M Oil Spill Fine Against Citgo
• 3rd Circ. Invigorates Underused EPA Cross-State Air Power
• Calif. Judge Deals Blow To Suction Dredge Mining Operations
• $2.6B Ky. Bridge Project Survives Enviro Challenge
• World Bank To Stop Financing Most Coal-Fired Plants
• Pollution Claims Slashed In Nucor's Suit Against Neighbor
• Madison-Kipp, Insurers Pay $4.6M To Settle Pollution Suit
• EU Moves To Restrict Pesticide Over Risk To Bees
• States Tell More Insurers To Detail Climate Change Response
• Jewell Says 'All Of The Above' Energy Plan Guides DOI Policy
• House Panel OKs Bill Restricting Costly EPA Energy Rules
• Total, Trammo Dodge Puerto Rico's MTBE Case
• NJ DEP Failed To Collect $1M In Penalties, Auditor Says
• BP Gets Hearing On Bid To Stop Deepwater Payments
• Donziger Can't Halt $19B Chevron RICO Suit
• Enviro Group Sues State Dept. Over Keystone Lobbying Docs
• Chevron Worker Gets 2 Years For Indonesian Cleanup Scam
• Travelers Avoids Covering $4M Alagasco Cleanup
• Sidley Lands Clean Tech Atty To Boost Energy, RE Teams
• Equator Principles III Demand Deeper Due Diligence
• 3 Resolutions To The Cross-Claim Conundrum
• BP Wants Deepwater Payouts Stopped Amid Fraud Probe
• Katten Muchin Amps Up Enviro Group With 2 New Attys
• Exide's $500M Bankruptcy Loan Has Enviro Risks, EPA Says
• DC Circ. Ruling Warns EPA To Rein In Emissions Rulemaking
• CPUC Asks PG&E To Pay $300M Fine Over Pipeline Blast
• San Francisco Board OKs Changes To CEQA Appeals Process
• Senate Vote On EPA Nominee Appears Imminent After Deal
• Duke Energy Settles NC Water Contamination Lawsuit
• 7th Circ. Halts Environmentalists' Challenge Of Highway Project
• EU Official Questions Legality Of Daimler AC Coolant
• Exxon, BP Hit With MTBE Suit By Mass. Towns
• Newfield, Hess Dissolve Pa. Gas Drilling Partnership
• Calif. Appeals Court Overturns Low Carbon Fuel Regulation
• EPA Ignored States' 'Sue And Settle' Queries, AGs Say
• Renewable Fuel Standards Are 'Broken,' Valero Says
• Enviros Blast API Intervention Bid In Fracking Lease Suit
• EU Continues State-Aid Probe Of German Energy Law
• Enviro Liability Has A 'Special' Place In Real Estate
• Senate Mulls Over Changes To Filibuster Rules
• Enviros Want To Weigh In On $4B NJ Grid Upgrade
• Obama Takes Aim At Drillers With Vow To Cut Methane
• Deepwater Horizon Securities Suit Against Anadarko Slashed
• GOP Reps. Want Info On Pending DOI Offshore Drilling Regs
• Conrail Wants NJ Train Derailment Claims In Pa. Axed
• Texans Tell 5th Circ. $8B BP Settlement Favors Louisianans
• Michelin, Others Face $5M CERCLA Cleanup Suit
• Court Rules India's Largest Copper Smelter Can Stay Open
• Chilean Court Won't Let Work Resume At $8.5B Barrick Mine
• Chevron Beats Pa. Fracking Water Storage Challenge
• Waste Oil Co. Will Pay $19M After Copping To TSCA Breach
• Fed. Agencies Want Cape Wind Project Approval Upheld
• Drawing The Line: Preemption Of State Enviro Regulation
• Ayala-Led JV To Build $220M Wind Farm In Philippines
• Water District Strikes $6M Deal With LA Over Creek Access
• Mo. Governor Vetoes Punitive Damage Shield For Mine Cos.
• 3rd Circ. Backs EPA's Order For Pa. Plant To Cut Emissions
• NJ High Court Won't Disturb DEP Ruling On Sewer Overflow
• DC Circ. Nixes EPA's Biomass Carbon Emissions Exemption
• DOE Floats Energy Conservation Regs For Computers, Servers
• Ore. Breaks With FERC In $6.3B LNG Export Hub Review
• $210M Pipeline Project Needs Full Enviro Review, FERC Told
• Online Posts Expose EPA To More Heated Litigation
• In Win For Zurich, Judge Enforces Strict Reporting Deadline
• Deals Rumor Mill: Smithfield, Swiss Re, GLG
• Fla. Tribe Tees Up Appeal Over Everglades Water Deal
• New Tuna-Labeling Rules Comply With WTO Ruling, US Says
• BP's Deepwater Medical Benefits Deal Unfair, 5th Circ. Hears
• Texas Pipeline Cos. Now Under Closer Watch
• NJ's Enviro Agency Accused Of Skipping Out On Settlements
• CPUC Arm Spurns $2B PG&E Upgrades In Place Of Fine
• Calif. Water Agency Seeks $13M From Gov't Supply Deal
• Fla. Water Agency Asks High Court To Hear EPA Rule Fight
• Clean Water Act Inconsistency Lingers Long After Rapanos
• Jackson Lewis Boosts Workplace Safety Group With 7 Hires
• Swanson Martin & Bell Beefs Up Product Liability Group
• Sierra Club Rips NJ Enviro Regulator's Enforcement Stats
• DOE Says Climate Change Threatens US Energy Infrastructure
• NY Floats Tighter CO2 Caps In Northeast US Emissions Pact
• Feds Push Alternate Route For $3B Southwest Power Line
• Eckert Seamans Snags Philly Bankruptcy, RE Pro
• Green Groups Push EPA For Stronger Runoff Enforcement
• Calif. County Sidesteps Protest Of $248M Rail Extension
• Chinese Co. Didn't Seal Wind Farm Deal Nixed By Obama: US
• Texaco, Others Block Challenge To Pa. Gas Leak Settlement
• Enviro Group Challenges Calif. Oil Well Project
• House Approves $30B GOP Energy Spending Bill
• Enviros Allege DOT Missteps In $1.2B Ill.-Ind. Expressway
• RWE's $5.4B Wind Farm Gets UK Energy Minister's Nod
• Interior Blasts Pipeline Route For $7.5B Jordan Cove Project
• 4th Circ. Says CERCLA Preempts Statutes Of Repose
• Koontz Dramatically Alters Land Use Regulatory Landscape
• Posner Says Justices Should Cut BS From Opinions
• Obama's Navy Pick Strengthens Green Energy Efforts
• Contractor Sues Fla. County Over Sewer Project Solicitation
• Fla. Keys Properties Weren't Taken By County, Court Rules
• Temple-Inland Pays $13.5M To Settle La. Spill Suit
• House GOP Slams EPA's Cost Analysis Of Clean Air Rules
• US, China Agree On Broad Greenhouse Gas Push
• Green Group Brings Coal Mine Designation Suit To DC Circ.
• Enviros Tell FERC $3.4B LNG Export Project Needs More Study
• Top Dems Rip State Department's Keystone XL Review
• Split 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Shell's Greenpeace Protest Win
• Sidley Lures EPA Pesticide Official For DC Office
• EPA Says Oil Refinery Is Polluting Ark. Waterways
• Shell To Spend Up To $160M To Settle CAA Suit
• Bill Restricting EPA Energy Rules Passes House Panel
• Fox Rothschild Opens 4th NJ Office With Day Pitney RE Team
• EPA Concessions Clear Way For Senate Vote On Nominee
• EPA's Institutional Controls Guides Bring Uncertainty
• FirstEnergy Shutters 2 Pa. Coal Plants, Blames EPA
• Top US Offshore Drilling Regulator Steps Down
• Insurer Says It Won't Cover Chemical Co.'s Explosion Suit
• Colo. Appeals Court Nixes Lone Pine Order In Fracking Case
• White House Pledges To Reject GOP Energy Spending Bill
• NYC Official Backs $3B Queens Redevelopment Plan
• $3M Alsol Cleanup Suit Not Barred By Ch. 11, EPA Says
• 6th Circ. Lets Goodyear Escape Lockheed CERCLA Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Hulu, TPG
• Macquarie Unloads 22-MW Solar Development To PE-Led Pair
• Boxer Pushes For State Chemical Safety Protections
• Enviro Regs Don't Trump Atty Privilege, Calif. Court Says
• Met-Pro Investors Say $210M Deal Undervalues Company
• Enviros Defend Fracking Ban To Delaware River Agency
• Enviros Score $2M Deal To Settle PG&E Plant Pollution Beef
• Controversial Natural Gas Plant Secures Permit Extension
• Coast Guard, DHS Concealed Wind Project Docs, Suit Says
• Texas High Court Asked To Nix Keystone Land Seizure Ruling
• FWS Settlement Earns Texas Critters' Endangered Status
• Still No Consensus On Scope Of Absolute Pollution Coverage
• Huggies 'Natural' Products Actually Toxic, Class Says
• GE, Enel Ink $260M Deal To Fuel Kan. Wind Power Project
• Reversed Compensation Ruling May Advance NJ Dune Project
• Citizen Groups Warn US-EU Trade Deal Will Gut Protections
• NJ Court Upholds $500K Wetlands Disturbance Fine
• EU's Cap-And-Trade Freeze Isn't Long-Term Fix System Needs
• 9th Circ. Upholds Alaska Public Lands Fishing Law
• Sierra Club Seeks To Force EPA's Hand On Boiler Rules
• Officials Rushed $3B Ind. Highway Project, Enviros Tell Judge
• Conn. Enacts Legislation To Boost Gas, Hydropower Use
• Worldwide Energy Seeks Ch. 11 Protection
• To Help Bees, EU Agency Toughens Pesticide Guidelines
• Ashland Unit To Pay $2M Over Pa. Superfund Site Violations
• Calif. Supreme Court Rules Land Database Is A Public Record
• Fla. Creek Dumping Plan Should Be Axed, ALJ Says
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive EPA's CAA Claims In ComEd Suit
• Utility's Emission Plans For Plant Upgrade Lacking, EPA Says
• Chemical Cos. Take EPA Pesticide Testing Fight To DC Circ.
• DOI Blocks New Mining On Land Tabbed For Solar Projects
• Pa. Too Lax On Fracking To Lift Ban, Ex-DEP Head Says
• Add Forensics Analysis To Your Enviro Litigation Toolbox
• Mid-America Pipeline Expansion Project Wins BLM Approval
• Pollution Exclusion Applies To GrafTech Suits, Insurers Say
• Exide Bankruptcy Loan Shirks Enviro Liability, Texas Says
• EPA OKs Two New Biofuel Crops For Renewable Fuel Program
• Watchdog Report Rips EPA For State Oversight Flaws
• EU Biofuel Production Is Inefficient, Report Says
• LA Metro Asks Judge To Toss Challenge To $1.7B Light Rail
• EPA Agrees To Move On State Air Pollution Control Plans
• EU Delays Releasing Carbon Permits To Boost Prices
• Forest Service Ducks Enviro Suit Over Lead Ammunition
• Utility Operators Close Colo. Plant To Settle CAA Suit
• Enviro Groups Sue Feds To Halt Arch Coal Mining Expansion
• Pepsi Broke Promise To Remove Carcinogens, Watchdog Says
• Ill. Follows Vapor Intrusion Regulation Trend
• NJ Enviro Groups Urge Christie To Veto Forestry Bill
• Ex-FBI Director To Head Probe Of Deepwater Horizon Payouts
• 2013's Big Enviro Decisions Tip In Favor Of Private Sector
• DOE Releases Criteria For $8B Fossil Fuel Loan Program
• US Cities Hand Renewable Energy Developers A Tall Order
• Ex-BP Exec Gets Deepwater Criminal Trial Pushed To March
• Bankrupt Exide Can Keep Battery Recycling Plant Open
• Plastics Co. Can't Halt US's $24M Superfund Suit
• DLA Piper Lures Energy Pro From Day Pitney
• EU Adds Pharmaceuticals To Water Pollution Watch List
• Antofagasta Inks Deal For 40% Of Hydroelectric Project
• Exxon, Quanta Drag Other Cos. Into Enviro Cleanup Fight
• 13 AGs Push EPA To Finalize Emissions, Fuel Standards
• ATP Oil Unit Can't Dodge Discharge Concealment Suit
• Bill Challenges Obama's Use Of Carbon Social Costs
• Practice Tips For Working In The Williston Basin
• Gas Station Seller Owes $1.5M For Contract Breach: Judge
• Enviros Seek To Sink Gulf Drilling Lease Sale
• Ala. High Court Says PCB Pollution Was 1 Occurrence
• Enviro Groups Seek Review Of Williams Pipeline Expansion
• Greens Ask Cuomo To Fly Solo On Solar If NY Bills Fail
• Lockheed, Feds Pushed To Settle 6-Year Cleanup Row
• Minn. Appeals Court Affirms Covington's DQ From 3M Case
• EPA Sends New Plant Carbon Rule to White House
• Pa. Legislature OKs Fracking Royalty Transparency Bill
• EPA Asks Supreme Court To Settle Water Transfer Rule Fight
• Enviro Risk Assessment Is Simpler Than You Think