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Environmental - September, 2013

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• Sierra Club Loses Bid To Stop Strip Mining In Fla. Wetlands
• Bristol-Myers, Citigroup Hit In $27M NJ Superfund Suit
• Chevron Axes Damages To Skirt Jury In Ecuador Ruling Row
• Chubb Seeks High Court Review Of 9th Circ. Superfund Loss
• NIH Cleared To Fund $128M Anthrax Research Lab In Boston
• Ex-EPA Official's Theft Revealed To Senate Panel
• IRS Clears The Air For Beginning Construction
• Enbridge Diverts Pipeline Rebuild From Mich. Town
• EPA Unveils Final $506M Gowanus Cleanup Plan
• BP Defends Gulf Spill Response As Trial's 2nd Phase Begins
• Alstom, GDF Suez Bid For French Hydropower Project
• Waste Management Ducks Enviro Suit Over St. Louis Landfill
• Mattress Cos. Can't Rest Easy After FTC Settlements
• NJ Court Reinstates Bristol-Myers Wrongful Death Suits
• UN Climate Report Gives Ammo To Greenhouse Gas Hawks
• San Diego's Late Notice Nixes Enviro Coverage, NY Court Says
• BP Faces Long Odds In Defending Deepwater Response
• EPA's Authority Up In The Air This High Court Term
• Enviros Push To Stop Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Project
• FERC Urged To Review Dominion's $3.4B LNG Export Project
• MLB Pitcher's Pipeline Suit Survives On Ecotourism Argument
• Mitsubishi Links Up With Vestas For Wind Power Venture
• Calif. Issues Toxic Chemical List In Push For Safe Products
• Former EPA Official Admits To Salary Scam
• Exxon MTBE Leak Victims Want $1.5B High Court Reversal
• ADB Injects $500M Into India Green Energy Project
• How To Defend Air Pollution Torts After Bell V. Cheswick
• Enviros Win Battle To Protect Whales From Navy Sonar
• NJ Appeals Court Greenlights JCP&L Substation
• NorthWestern To Pay $900M For PPL Montana Hydro Facilities
• Reporting For Duty: The Week In DOD Contract Awards
• NCR, Int'l Paper Liable For Mill Superfund Cleanup
• 2nd Circ. Won't Force Judge Off Chevron's Ecuador Case
• NJ Court Should Hear Chemical Spill Suit, Pa. Judge Rules
• Fla. High Court OKs Land-Buying Ballot Measure
• State Ordered To Pay Opponents' Fees In Atlantic Yards Row
• Emery Refining Tweaks $230M Project After Enviro Complaints
• 3rd Circ. Halts 'Sea Change,' OKs Drilling In Nat'l Forest
• NRG, Digicel Will Partner On Caribbean Renewable Projects
• DOI Seeks Nominations On Alaska Offshore Drilling Blocks
• Future Of Fracking In Calif. Is Still Hazy
• Energy Attys Slam Feds For Meddling In Pa. Fracking
• Duke Plans 400-MW Worth Of Wind Farms In South Texas
• Peru OKs $178M Gold Project
• BSEE Extends Comment Period For New Offshore Safety Regs
• DC Circ. Told EPA Disregards Health Risks Of CO Exposure
• Conn. Lawmakers Again Snub Proposed Wind Turbine Rules
• NJ Court Orders Borough To Produce Info On Dune Easements
• Disney Skates on Enviros' Polluted Stormwater Claims
• Sugar Co. Urges High Court To Hear Water Transfer Rule Fight
• NJ Pushes Dune Construction As Landmark Case Settles
• Change And Uncertainty Loom Over Ontario's Energy Projects
• Neonicotinoids: EPA's New Get-Tough Measures
• Nev. Enviros Drop Suit To Halt Reno Road Project
• Barge Salvager Can't Escape Texas Oil Spill Suit
• UK Police Press Charges Against Anti-Fracking Lawmaker
• Rite Aid Pays $12.3M To Escape Toxic Waste Disposal Suit
• Disputed Social-Cost Metric Fuels Carbon Regulation Foes
• China Hydroelectric Forms Panel To Eye NewQuest Buyout Bid
• Obama Selects Apple Exec For Post At State Department
• Ex-Pa. DEP Head Rips Proposed Fracking Moratorium
• ION Lands $19M Grant For Neb. Carbon Capture Project
• DC Circ. Panel Skeptical Of DOE Nuclear Waste Fees
• Calif. Exxon Pollution Injury Suits Revived On Appeal
• Strict New Fracking Law In Calif. Could Face Legal Threats
• Sierra Club Urges Fla. Governor To Buy US Sugar Land
• NJ Landfill Operators Defrauded Regulators, State Says
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Former Cuomo Energy, Enviro Atty
• Enviro Groups Urge Court To Block Calif. Highway Expansion
• Farmers Can't Tap NJ Guaranty Group For Enviro Coverage
• No Carbon Capture For Existing Plants, EPA Chief Says
• CFTC Urged To Probe Renewable Fuel Credit Manipulation
• Black Carbon Reduction Efforts Win Bipartisan Support
• TCEQ Greenlights New North Texas Water Reservoir
• Be Ready For Data Sharing Under EU Biocidal Products Rule
• Rainmaker Q&A: Labaton Sucharow's Dominic Auld
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• BLM Well Inspection Process Ignores Enviro Risks, GAO Says
• US Solar Cos. Wary Of Plan To Resolve China Trade Row
• Navajos, Gas Co. Ask DC Circ. To Revive Uranium Waste Case
• Calif. Court Revives Discrimination Suit Over Waste Project
• Bipartisan Bill Requires Public Access To Agencies' R&D
• Mo. Utility Plans State's Biggest Solar Farm
• Fla. Enviro Agency Can't Move Inverse Condemnation Case
• New Tax Credit Timeline Will Give Wind Industry A Leg Up
• Enviros Can't Get Uranium Mine Impact Review Thrown Out
• Habitat Designation Rule Brings More Uncertainty
• NRC Cites Mitsubishi, SCE For Calif. Nuke Plant Woes
• Toxic Safety Agency Floats Restrictions For Fine Violators
• BP Moves For Deepwater Deal Shutdown After Freeh Report
• US Poised To Lead Push For Global Airline Emissions Regs
• BP To Transfer Texas Refinery CAA Liability To Marathon
• Abengoa To Build $165M Uruguay Wind Farm
• EPA Must Make A Call On Algae-Choked Dead Zones Petition
• 7th Circ. Again Nixes EPA Suit For Ongoing BACT Failures
• Ecotality's Asset Sale, Ch. 11 Financing Get Green Light
• EPA's New Plant Emissions Rule Is Courtroom Ready
• K&L Gates Adds Green-Energy Pro To SF Office
• Pa. College Beats Cleanup Claim In Heating Oil Spill
• Conn. Pens 270-MW Deal With Clean Power Projects
• House Passes Forest Bill Boosting Timber Production
• Texas High Court Takes Challenge To $5M Defamation Award
• Baltimore, Casino Developer Sued Over Contamination
• Texas Refinery To Pay $8.75M For Violating CAA Deal
• Electronics Co. Asks High Court To Mull CERCLA Preemption
• Iberdrola Gets NM's Thumbs-Up For Wind Farm Project
• Lowenstein Reps BASF In Deal For Biotech Co. Verenium
• Texas High Court Nixes Challenge To Water Permit Grant
• Pa. Gov. Corbett Taps Acting Secretary To Helm DEP
• Citgo To Pay Penalty, Step Up Pollution Controls In CAA Deal
• Texas High Court Rejects Contractor Dispute With CPS Energy
• Minn. High Court To Review Covington DQ In 3M Row
• A Solution To Fla.'s Water Problems
• Australian Gov't Scraps Independent Climate Commission
• La. Is Walking On Eggshell Skulls
• EPA Rolls Out 1st Ever Uniform Power Plant Emission Limits
• How Lawyers Can Effectively Build A Reputation Online
• 4 Ways To Make Sure Comments On Agency Rules Count
• Pa. Fracking Moratorium Bill Pushed By State Senator
• Calif. Water Pacts Illegally Threaten Smelt, 9th Circ. Told
• Additional Wind Capacity In Quebec Signals Opportunities
• Marine Agency Slams Brakes On Endangered Coral Rule
• Colombia Settles With Ecuador Over Anti-Drug Spraying
• NJ Ethics Panel Tosses Complaint Over Landfill Bill
• Texas AG Claims Dallas Solar Plant Selling Chinese Panels
• EPA Poised To Drastically Expand Water Jurisdiction
• 3M Wins Document Turnover in Row With Covington
• Halliburton Worker Charged With Ditching Deepwater Evidence
• Ecuadoreans Ask 2nd Circ. To Halt Impending RICO Trial
• OfficeMax Can't Shake $31M Lumber Mill Cleanup Row
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bickel & Brewer's William Brewer
• US, China Should Lay Down Swords In Solar Trade Dispute
• 9th Circ. Questions Cost Estimate In Northwest Power Plan
• Calif. Carbon Fuel Standard Upheld By 9th Circ.
• EPA Study Sets Stage For New CWA Jurisdiction Rules
• NJ Town Sends Message With Fracking Ban
• Feds Charge 7 People In $100M Biodiesel Tax Fraud
• House Small-Business Panel OKs GOP Regulatory Reform Bill
• Responsible Energy Policies Are Not A Zero-Sum Game
• EPA, DOE Chiefs Stress Commitment To Strong Climate Regs
• Hague Tribunal Backs Chevron In $19B Amazon Pollution Fight
• Alaska Can't Escape Air Emissions Rule For Ships
• SEC Accuses Imperial Petroleum Of $100M Biofuel Scam
• Judge Says Ind. Botched CWA Permit For Massive Mine
• Senate GOP Leader Floats Bill To Block EPA Plant Rules
• Serbian Oil Firm NIS Pushes Ahead With 120-MW Wind Farm
• New Era Scraps $180M Wind Project After 4-Year Battle
• Deepwater Claims Chief Assails BP's $26M Budget Protest
• An End To Uncertainty About Spill Act Limitations Period
• Samsung Nails Down Financing For Ontario Wind Project
• EPA Raises Residue Limits For 2 Pesticides
• Google To Buy Power From 240-MW Texas Wind Farm
• Texas Businesses Urge 5th Circ. To Sink $8B Deepwater Deal
• Ind. Says EPA Wrongly Measured Counties' Ozone Impact
• Wood Treatment Superfund Site Owner Settles With EPA
• Enviros Say EPA Missed Deadline For Air Emissions Update
• Ecotality Goes From Electric Car Chargers To Ch. 11
• Vitter Blames EPA For Anglo American's Alaska Mine Exit
• FERC Chief Nominee Won't Get Key GOP Senator's Vote
• Donziger Can't Force Chevron To Declare Claims In $19B Trial
• Vegas TV Lawyer Faces Misconduct Claims In Gulf Spill MDL
• Chevron, BP Strike $8M Settlement In Colo. Pollution Case
• Bill To Rein In Prop 65 Suits Tees Up Bigger Reform Push
• Fla. Congresswoman To Push For Jacksonville Port Deepening
• 3rd Circ. Remands Age, Disability Bias Suit Against Pa. DEP
• Calif. Gov. Partners With China To Curb Climate Change
• China Hits US Solar Cos. With Duties Over Subsidies
• URS Says Insurer Shirking Duty In $30M Landfill Dispute
• 6th Circ. Asked To Revive Cleanup Suit Against GSK, Coke
• Calif. Energy Law Could Reignite Renewable Project Push
• EPA Beats Farm Groups' Suit Over Chesapeake Pollution Regs
• Deepwater Horizon Is Not Over Yet
• Navigating Conflicts When Serving 3rd-Party Subpoenas
• Chevron Inks $42M Deal Ending Brazil Oil Spill Suits
• Insurer Seeks Toss Of $24M Verdict In Katrina Coverage Row
• Wirsol Begins Building 64-MW Solar Park In Caribbean
• FWS Settles With Enviro Group Over Fla. Coral Protection
• Enviros' CWA Suit Adds To Duke's NC Coal Ash Woes
• 5th Circ. Nixes La. DEQ's Appeal In Iron Plant Permit Row
• BP Dodges Gulf Spill Oil Claims From Mexican States
• BP's Bid To Root Out Gulf Claims Fraud Bolstered By Freeh
• Whole Foods Sued For Documents In Calif. Pesticide Probe
• DOJ, Halliburton Want Deepwater Evidence Guilty Plea OK'd
• PUC Chief Questions Western Pa. Power Plant Closures
• States Claim EPA Can't Limit Power Plant Emissions
• Calif. OKs CEQA Suit Reform Bill Tied To $447M Arena
• Donziger Demands Chevron Declare Claims Against Him
• EPA Enables Confusing 2-Tier System
• Fla. Agriculture Dept. Calls $4.2M Fee Award Unreasonable
• Fla. Legislators OK $3M For Water Flow Improvement Projects
• Fracking Claims Set Stage For Fresh Pollution-Exclusion War
• EPA Finalizes Significant New Use Rule For 3 Chemicals
• 4 States Sue EPA Over Delaying Sulfur Dioxide Designations
• Enviro Review Delays Valero Rail Project At Calif. Refinery
• Carbon Markets Face Uphill Climb As Australia Rethinks Role
• Chevron Corrupted Witnesses In $19B RICO Row, Judge Told
• FTC's Recent Settlements Are A Head-Scratcher
• Pollution Exclusion Battle Continues In Mo.
• Manhattan Achieves EPA's Soot Pollution Standards
• DOI Seeks To Fold In Enviro Challenge To Stream Protections
• IFC Pours Record $438M Into Indonesian Development
• BP Wants $25M Cut From Deepwater Claims Program Budget
• Pa. Lawmaker Seeks To Up Renewable Energy Requirements
• Calif. Assembly Passes Fracking Disclosure Bill
• Senate Energy Efficiency Bill Gets White House Thumbs-Up
• Contractor Battles For $50M In Liens On NJ Solar Projects
• Daimler Urges DC Circ. To Nix Navistar Enviro Certificates
• Unique UK Obstacles Pose Threat To Fracking's Future
• Pa. County Councilwoman Wants 3-Year Gas Drilling Ban
• Enviros Ask 3rd Circ. To Back Deal Curbing Pa. Forest Drilling
• Chevron Agrees To Pay $5M To Settle NM Fraud Claims
• Chevron Bid To Split $19B RICO Trial Rejected By Judge
• EU Bank Issues $250M Bond Aimed At Green-Minded Investors
• 9th Circ. Nixes Eco Group's Suit To Stop Gov't Water Diversion
• Calif. Senate Backs Tweaks To Chemical Warning Regs
• EU Lawmakers Advance Bill Capping Food-Based Biofuel Use
• Dow, PPG Hit With Workplace Toxic Tort Over Man's Death
• Texas Just Tightened Its Grip On The Water Permit Nozzle
• Ky. Coal Permit Nixed For Wastewater Treatment Deficiencies
• Chinese Power Co. Invests €200M In Maltese Energy Supplier
• In-House Counsel To Firms: Do More With Less
• Pa. ExxonMobil Unit Charged With Dumping Fracking Waste
• House Passes Bill For 50KW Alaska Hydro Project, Pipeline
• Judge Slashes Fresno's MTBE Contamination Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Spare Utilities From Haze Control Rule
• Xcel Plans Colo. Renewable Projects, Coal Plant Closure
• EU Invests $18M In Water Infrastructure For Romania
• Hospital Group Asks 5th Circ. To OK $130M Deepwater Deal
• SunEdison Wins $212M To Finance Solar Power Plant In Chile
• EPA Agrees To Shield Emissions Input Data From Public View
• 5 Tips For Fattening Firm Wallets In Lean Times
• NRC Chief Gives No End Date For Yucca Safety Review
• Army Corps Awards Wind Contracts In $7B Renewables Plan
• Climate Experts Warn Con Ed To Consider Long-Term Threats
• PG&E Settlements Total $565M In San Bruno Pipeline Blast
• The Cost Of Species Protection
• K&L Gates Boosts Enviro Practice With Former Pa. DEP Pro
• Calif. Bill Paves Way For More Fines Over Coastal Violations
• Lawmakers Must Help End FERC, CFTC Discord, Norris Says
• How Obama's Climate Plan Complicates Things For Calif.
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• EPA Quietly Kills Chemical Safety Rules
• Chevron Drops Some Claims In $19B RICO Suit As Trial Looms
• Endangered Surrogate Rule Smooths Road To Development
• BP Spill Claims Administrator Cleared In Ethics Probe
• Vt. Asbestos Mine Owner Reaches $32M Cleanup Deal
• BP Gets Expedited Appeal In Deepwater Settlement Fight
• Shell Forks Over $1.1M To Settle EPA Air Pollution Claims
• Coal Producer Gets Enviromental OK For $697M Project
• Sedgwick Hires 2 Natural Resource Pros For DC Office
• BP, Feds Spar Over Conflicting Gulf Spill Estimates
• Flooding Of Ark. Land Not A Taking, Fed. Circ. Hears
• Fracking Fears Spur Suit To Halt BLM Lease Sale
• Energy Project Could Harm US-Japan Cable Link, FERC Told
• Texas High Court Enters $750M BP, Transocean Coverage Fray
• Watchdog Says EPA Skimped On Abandoned Well Cleanups
• Practical Tips For Presentations To Land Use Boards
• Uncertainty Remains Over Scope Of Calif. Safe Chemical Push
• Feds Dodge Sanctions In Ex-BP Engineer Obstruction Suit
• Liberty Mutual Off Hook For Linn's Pollution Case Defense
• Impax To Buy Wind Projects From Finnish Utility
• Coast Guard Approves New Hazardous Materials Packaging
• Enviros Ask Justices To Revive Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
• DOT Floats Safety Regs For Railcars Transporting Toxins
• SolarWorld Appeals Chinese Solar Panel Findings To CIT
• EPA Asks 7th Circ. To Reconsider Ruling On BACT Regs
• Puerto Rico Sues Shell, Chevron, Others Over MTBE Release
• Insurer Pays TVA $42M In Coal Ash Disaster Coverage Row
• Pa. Enviro Permits Allowed To Extend Beyond Law's Deadline
• Treasury Sets New Procedures For Gulf Coast Cleanup
• Army Worker's Stake In Cleanup Co. Doesn't Block $12M Award
• Port Of Houston Ducks Noise, Light Pollution Class Action
• EIB Doles Out $200M To Czech Banks For Green Lending
• Carnival Wins EPA Nod On $180M Pollution Test Plan
• Safeway Settles With EPA Over Refrigerator Leaks
• Koontz — A Guide To Constitutional Land Use Permitting
• Beware Risks Of Using LinkedIn During Jury Selection
• Calif. Appeals Court Reverses Ruling In Water Diversion Row
• EPA Proposes Increased Water Quality Standard Oversight
• LA Council Members Call For Fracking Moratorium
• Dominion Virginia's $1.6M Bid Tops Offshore Wind Lease Sale
• EPA Seeks More Input On Generator Emissions Rule
• 4th Circ. Says Chesapeake Can Discharge On Private Land
• EPA Watchdog Faults Delays On Workload Management
• Lawmaker Finds EPA In Default Of Health Data Subpoena
• Leeco Ordered To Halt Dredge Operations At Ky. Streams
• Shell Hid $414M Payout To Get Cleanup Coverage, NH Says
• EPA Brings Pollution Permit Program Into 21st Century
• How To Tank A Mediation Without Even Trying
• Milbank Reps Lenders In Wind Farm Financing
• DOI Wins Oyster Permit Injunction Fight In 9th Circ.
• Enviro Co. CEO Settles For $1.5M In SEC Insider Trading Case
• Fracking Cos. Face More Costly Fights Sans Lone Pine
• Beijing Climate Plan Imposes Tighter Air Pollution Limits
• Refinery Neighbors Earn Class Cert. In Shell Pollution Suit
• Exide Asks Bankruptcy Court To Halt $115M Calif. Plant Suit
• National Review Can't Shake Scientist's Defamation Suit
• Aussie Energy Co. Wins Gov't Approval For $200M Wind Farm
• Chesapeake To Pay $7.5M To Settle Pa. Fracking Fees Action