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Environmental - May, 2015

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• Army Corps Scores 10th Circ. Win In Keystone XL Permit Row
• Alaska Justices Say State Must Notify Public Of Mine Permits
• Cape Wind Deadline Halted While Mass. Mulls Extension
• New Pa. Task Force Heralds Emerging Pipeline Fight
• US Blasts BP's Appeal To High Court Over Oil Spill Liability
• Cherokees, Okla. Agree On Hunting, Fishing Rights Pact
• Ex-BP Exec Wants Congressional Staffers Cut From Trial
• Calif. Appeals Court Says NFL Can Use Rose Bowl Stadium
• DOT Extends Crude Oil Train Safety Order Indefinitely
• 4 In-House Preferences For Better Outside Counsel
• NJ Developer To Pay $225K For Clean Water Act Violations
• Wis. Tribe Wins Waste-To-Energy Plant Permit Dispute
• Maimed NJ Woman Sues Conrail Over Chemical Spill
• Feds Argue No Prejudice In Suit Against Freedom Execs
• DC Circ. Upholds EPA's Emission Rules For PVC Producers
• BP Drops $750M Transocean Policy Fight After Deepwater Deal
• Judge Limits Overview Witness Testimony In BP Exec's Trial
• NTSB Blames Oil Drill Rig Wreck On Shell's Poor Planning
• NJ Panel Deep-Sixes Offshore Wind Farm Proposal
• Trucker Lobby Wants EPA Trailer Emissions Row To Stay Put
• Texas Well Servicer Settles EPA Waste Disposal Row
• Nuclear Power Cos. Hit DOE With Waste Disposal Suit
• EPA Finally Proposes New Renewable Fuel Levels
• When Public And Private Projects Collide
• OneBeacon Owes $5.4M Damages In Olin Cleanup Row
• Enviros Move To Enter Fight Against Shell In Seattle's Port
• NY Court Upholds Tossing Sloan-Kettering Project Suit
• US Orders Pipeline Co. To Keep Cleaning Up California Spill
• Haynes And Boone Off The Hook In $1.7M Conspiracy Suit
• NCR Divisibility Win Breathes New Life Into CERCLA Defense
• EPA Proposes Pesticide Restriction To Protect Bees
• Critics Grouse About DOI Plans To Conserve Bird Habitat
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Pebble Mine's EPA Challenge
• Holland & Knight Adds 3 Advisers To Clean Energy Team
• Ex-NY Senate Leader Skelos, Son Indicted In Corruption Case
• Duke Energy Goes To Disney World With 5 MW Solar Project
• Wyo. Hospital Says EPA Ruling Forces It Into Tribal Court
• Seal Advocates Win Fees From San Diego In Appeals Court
• 9th Circ. OKs NextEra Wind Project Over Enviro Objections
• Fracking 2.0: The Rise Of American Shale Refracking
• Clarified EPA Water Rule Still Spurs Authority Questions
• US Says ARCO Can't Avoid Superfund Costs Under Tribe Pact
• Enivros Sue FEMA Over Calif. Wildfire Reduction Plan
• NY DEC To Improve Oil Spill Monitoring, Response Time
• Industry Groups Seek Rehearing Of DC Circ. GHG Ruling
• ConocoPhillips, Corps Beat Alaska Drilling Permit Row
• Okla. Tribes Again Ask Judge To Alter Timberlands Ruling
• DOE To Pay Fine For Delayed Radioactive Sludge Cleanup
• Duke Execs Hid Role In Coal Ash Spill, Shareholder Says
• Lane Powell Nabs Corporate, Telecom, Enviro Pro In Seattle
• PRPs May Want To Dig In With Divisibility Defense
• EPA Redefines Scope Of Waters Shielded By CWA
• Coal Power Reductions To Double Under Clean Power Plan
• BLM Given 1 To 3 Years To Fix Utah Land Management Plans
• Calif. Activists Want Tribe's $360M Casino Halted For Appeal
• Houston Urges 5th Circ. To Revive $641M Exxon Pollution Suit
• Maine Tribes Leave State Legislature Amid Acrimony
• Fla. Landowners Press Takings Appeal Over Gov't Delays
• Former Sen. Landrieu Joins Van Ness' Public Policy Team
• Tribe Says It Can't 'Out-Bribe' Donziger In Ecuador Court
• Fluor Urges Calif. Justices To Rethink Henkel Insurance Ruling
• Ex-Freedom Prez Moves To DQ Entire US Attorneys' Office
• DC Circ. Upholds FWS' Endangered Species Deals
• Wash. Tribes Say Historic Fishing Rights Extend Far Offshore
• GSA Must Review Wind Farm's Enviro Exemption, Judge Says
• Utility Asks 7th Circ. To Revive $70M Enviro Cleanup Suit
• Ariz. Uranium Mine To Stay Open As Tribe, Enviros Appeal
• DOJ Urges Approval Of $8.75M RI Superfund Settlement
• FERC Proposes Regs To Assess Grid's Solar Flare Risk
• Outlawing City Fracking Bans In Okla. Now Up To Governor
• The Future Is Now: Next-Gen Enforcement At The EPA
• Digging Through The New Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure
• 5 Insights From CBRE General Counsel Laurence Midler
• NJ Pols Urge Rutgers To Nix Marine Seismic Testing
• Ex-Mass. Utilities Atty Joins Regulators Group As Asst. GC
• Deepwater Deal Stiffs Cash Businesses, Claimants Say
• Calif. Water Board OKs Delta Farmers' Water Cutback Plan
• Aurora Tells High Court 9th Circ. Permit Ruling Narrows CWA
• Citgo To Pay EPA Fine Over Texas Plant Violations
• Ev Williams' VC Firm Raises $123,456,789 For 'Positive' Fund
• Conrail Slams Punitive Damages Bid Over 2012 NJ Derailment
• Hess Escapes Bid To Revive Well Pollution Suit
• EPA Demands States Tighten Startup, Shutdown Regs
• UK Election Results A Win For Fracking, Loss For Wind Power
• Operations Suspended On Ruptured Line In S. Calif. Oil Spill
• Bluestone Says Sanctions In Illegal Mining Row 'Red Herring'
• Volvo Tells High Court EPA's $62M Engine Fine Broke Rules
• New ESA Petitioner Rule Faces Likely Extinction
• NY DEC Backs Up On Tar Sands Facility Over Enviro Concerns
• No Consensus On CEQ Draft Guidance For NEPA Reviews
• $1.3B Malpractice Suit Over Chevron Pollution Suit Restarts
• 9th Circ. Revives San Diego's Huge Kinder Morgan Spill Suit
• Eastman Chemical Challenges EPA Emissions Rule At DC Circ.
• CPSC Lumber Liquidators Probe A Clue To Agency's New Tone
• Levee Board Asks 5th Circ. To Revive Coastal Damage Suit
• Workers Race To Clean Up Major Oil Spill In Southern Calif.
• As Fuel Efficiency Rises, Ore. Turns Tax Focus To Mileage
• Sen. Touts Bills To Restore Lands To Oregon Tribes
• 6th Circ. Says Ohio Can't Lease Reservoir Land To Coal Co.
• La. Parish Sues Army Corps For $2M In Katrina Levee Repair
• Conrail Aims To Sink Training Claims In NJ Derailment Suits
• Ex-Im Bank Fights Enviros' Challenge To LNG Project
• Obama's GHG Guidance For Agencies Leaves Attys Skeptical
• Senate Dems Prod Obama To Choose Pipeline Czar
• Blackfeet Officials Say Tribal Court Is Fair In Water Dispute
• Gas Coalition Says Pa. Frack Site Regs May Paralyze Drillers
• Taylor Energy Must Cough Up Docs On Gulf Oil Leak
• Lumber Liquidators CEO Resigns Amid Formaldehyde Fallout
• The Spin And Substance Surrounding NY's Brownfields
• BP Strikes Deepwater Deals With Halliburton, Transocean
• Ex-Freedom Execs Plead Not Guilty To Spill Charges
• Bid To Block Tribe's $360M Casino Headed To 9th Circ.
• FAA Ducks NJ Airport Expansion Suit Involving Frontier
• NC Judge Halts New Permits From Fracking Commission
• Tribal Water Pacts Head Off Costly Suits, Senate Panel Told
• Tribal Water Rights Dispute Kicked Back To Mont. Court
• Pa. Gov. Urges Railways To Beef Up Oil Transport Safety
• Enviros Say $1.75B Ariz. Freeway Will Harm Tribal Land
• DOE Picks Ex-Navajo Prez Candidate For Indian Energy Head
• Judge Thwarts Ex-Massey CEO's Vegas Week
• Range Resources, Others Slam Proposed Pa. Frack Site Rules
• Calif. City Drops Exxon Groundwater Contamination Appeal
• 9th Circ. Rejects Religion Claim In $2.2B Solar Plant Row
• Fed. Claims Nixes Bank's $1.6M Gripe Over Failed Utilities Co.
• EPA Delays Renewable Fuel Standards Deadline
• Proposition 218 Obstacles To Calif. Tiered Water Rates
• 2015 Law360 Minority Report
• DOT, Rail Co. Say Fla. County Can't Block $1.75B Rail Bond
• The 50 Best Firms For Minority Partners
• Diversity Gap A Growing Threat To BigLaw Bottom Lines
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Minority Attorneys
• NCR Wins Liability Cap In Wisconsin Superfund Row
• Ex-BP Exec Says Proposed Jury Instruction Is Outdated
• Fla. County Says It Has Standing to Halt $1.75B Rail Bonds
• White House Touts Plan To Save Honeybees, Butterflies
• Tribes Rehashing Old Arguments On Timber Lands, Gov't Says
• Caterpillar Says Faulty Engine Dispute Should Be Nixed
• Fed. Officials Cool To Offshore Drilling Expansion Bills
• How To Win Back A Jury After Losing The Liability Phase
• Utah Gov. Says State Will Join Suit To Block Fracking Rule
• Trade Group Challenges EPA's New Woodstove Regs
• Duke Plans Coal Plant Closure, $1B In Power Upgrades
• Colo. Lone Pine Case Is Setback For Fracking
• 1st Circ. Revives Challenge To $2.6B Offshore Wind Farm
• Endangered Species Act Tweaks Aim To Get States Involved
• Enviros Urge 5th Circ. To Revive $641M Exxon Pollution Suit
• EPA Says It Didn't Get Notice In Feedlot Pollution Suit
• Justices Should Hear BP's Deepwater Appeal, Law Groups Say
• Duke, Berkshire Deals Help Austin Wind Power Top 1,000 MW
• Dominion Resources Eyes New Va. Routes For $5B Pipeline
• DOT Board Won't Rethink BNSF Win In Coal Dust Fight
• Chevron Presses Dune Energy Over Oil Field Liabilities
• Bid To Block Tribe's $360M Calif. Casino Axed As Premature
• EPA Beats Back Enviros' Pesticide Suit
• Texas Governor Signs Bill Blocking Local Fracking Bans
• Beveridge & Diamond Snags Former MassDEP GC
• High Court Wants Corps' Input On CWA Authority Rehearing
• Interior Seeks Public Comment On Nev. Tribe's Solar Project
• Electric Cos. Need Carbon Plan Flexibility, FERC Tells EPA
• Drillers Want Federal Fracking Rule Put On Hold Amid Review
• The Short And Long Game Of Calif.'s GHG Reduction Plan
• Consider 5 Things Before Choosing An E-Discovery Provider
• Texas House Votes To Curb Groundwater District Liability
• Enviros Ask Judge To Halt $838M NC Highway Bypass
• DC Circ. Won't Reverse Navigable Waters Decision
• Pa. Lawmakers Slam Process To Change Gas Drilling Rules
• Markey Pushes Bill To Halt US Coal Leasing Program
• Andry Lerner To Take Deepwater Fees DQ To 5th Circ.
• Calif. Tribe Again Asks Judge To Stop $1B Solar Project
• BP, Chevron Can't Duck MTBE Insurance Double-Dipping Suit
• Enviros, Tribe Say Army Corps' River Dredging Flouted Law
• FERC Won't Hold More Hearings On $5B Natural Gas Pipeline
• Texas Energy Chief Says Blame For Earthquakes Is Premature
• Canada Pledges To Cut Carbon Emissions By 30%
• Enviros Blast Florida Agency For Axing US Sugar Land Deal
• DuPont's Safety Violations Killed 4 Workers, OSHA Says
• House Passes $612B National Defense Authorization Act
• Induced Seismicity Legal Issues Break New Ground
• Manufacturing Group Rips DOE's LNG Export Policies
• Noble Fights Defense Duty In ConocoPhillips Oil Pollution Row
• NJ Lawmaker Calls For Investigation Of 2012 Conrail Crash
• NJ Assembly Publicly Rejects $225M ExxonMobil Deal
• GCs Rightly Fear The Regulators
• FTC's Brill Grills Plastic Pellet Maker's Green Claims
• Ford Partners With DTE On 1-MW Solar Project At Mich. HQ
• NJ Assembly Passes Offshore Pollution Liability Bill
• 5th Circ. Says $2.7M BP Deal Is Binding, In Need Of 2nd Look
• Duke Energy Affiliates To Pay $102M For Coal Ash Pollution
• BofA Issues $600M Green Bond To Back Renewable Projects
• 7th And 9th Circs. Urged To Beef Up Oil Train Safety Rules
• Mining Firms Sue US Over $7M Uranium Waste Cleanup
• House Subcommittee Moves On Toxic Substances Act
• Former BP Exec Says Lawmakers Can't Use Speech Privilege
• Suit Alleging Property Damage By Pa. Power Plant Closes Out
• Maine Panel Votes Against Tribal, State Eel Fisheries Deal
• As Climate Continues To Change, So Does CEQA
• Court-Appointed Experts — A Powerful But Rarely Used Tool
• DOE Greenlights Cheniere's Texas LNG Export Project
• SG Says High Court Should Refuse Miss., Tenn. Water Fight
• Sens. Float Bill To Stop EPA's Clean Power Plan
• W.Va. Judge Denies Freedom's Bid For Expedited Ch. 11 Plan
• Gov't Defends Fla. Bridge Approval Against Enviro Challenge
• Enviros Oppose Kinder Morgan Pipeline Plan In Letter to FERC
• DC Circ. Asked To Reconsider EPA Biomass Rule
• Shell To Barge Into Seattle Port Despite Call For Restraint
• Enviros Sue Feds Over Lockheed Deep-Sea Mining Permits
• Chinese Water Treatment Co. Seeks $215M Hong Kong IPO
• Ex-Freedom Prez Lied In Bankruptcy, New Indictment Says
• Enbridge To Pay Michigan $75M For 2010 Pipeline Spill
• Tracking The DC Circ.'s Trend On Article III Standing
• Lockheed Martin Denies Liability For Toxic Leak Damages
• Cow Palace Deal A Harbinger Of Increased Waste Scrutiny
• House Passes Bill To Limit EPA's Clean Water Rule
• Oil Lobby Brings Crude-By-Rail Fight To The DC Circuit
• Honolulu To Build $16M Solar Project To Settle CAA Violations
• Travelers Seeks 2 More Wins Over Northrop Grumman Cleanup
• Wyo. Tribe Says Reservation Boundaries Already Settled
• Judge Nixes Fight To Stay Feds' Deepwater Damages Suit
• Wash. Dairy Settles Enviros' Manure Contamination Suit
• Fla. County Can't Halt $1.75B Rail Project Bonds, DOT Says
• Tribal Group Urges Halt To New Mexico Fracking
• Senate Dems Want National Floor For Renewable Power
• Alaska, Native Corp. Ask High Court To Rein In Park Service
• Con Ed Unit Picks Up 6 Calif. Solar Projects
• SunEdison Mulls Switch To MLP Amid $750M Bond Offering
• Tesoro Halts Utah Crude Pipeline Amid Falling Oil Prices
• NY, EPA Bridge The Gap In $480M Tappan Zee Funding Fight
• Uncharted Territory For Business In 'Waters Of The US'
• 9th Circ. Eases Way For Toxic Tort Removal To Fed. Court
• Calif. Tribes Near Loss In Bid To Halt $1.1B Solar Project
• Texas Energy Regulator Taking Nimble Approach To Quakes
• 4th Circ. Won't Rehear Army Corps' Housing Permit Denial
• NJ Sen. Committee Wants To Bring Back Wind Energy Credit
• Enviros Blast EPA Solid Waste Rule Exemptions At DC Circ.
• BP Exec Wants Charges Axed Over 9 Refusals To Testify
• Colo. Legislature Sends Renewable Energy Tax Credit To Gov.
• High Court Shouldn't Review $72M Volvo Fine, US Says
• NY Fuel Co. To Pay $12M Following EPA Investigation
• DOI Illegally Permitted Colo. Mines' Expansion, Judge Rules
• Forest Service Wins Feud Over Mont. Ski Resort Permit
• NJDEP Looks To Block Six Flags Solar Project By Buying Site
• Hawaii County Asks 9th Circ. To Reinstate GMO Law
• DOI Gives Shell A Passing Grade On Alaska Drilling Plan
• Wash. Tribe Says Co. Impeding Shellfish Harvest Rights
• E-Biofuels Enters Plea Agreement For $145M Tax Scam
• Ex-BP Exec Wants Flow-Rate Estimate Testimony Nixed
• 5 Ways Calif. Water Restrictions Are Affecting Real Estate
• NJ Senate Aims To Restrict How ExxonMobil Funds Are Spent
• Osha Liang Adds Ex-Philip Morris Patent Counsel
• State Dept.'s Pipeline Nod Is Unreviewable, Enbridge Says
• Commerce's Wind Tower Duties Get CIT Approval
• 7 Key Moments To Preserve Objections At Jury Trials
• Mind Your Attorney's Fees In Calif. CEQA Litigation
• Can Texas Plaintiffs Shake Challenges In Seismic Suits?
• This Week In Congress: Blue Alert, Freedom Act, And TPA
• BP Can Appeal Some Deepwater Claims, 5th Circ. Says
• Louis Berger Worker Says Reporting Pollution Got Him Fired
• Alabama Power Seeks To Block Army Corps' Plan For Dam
• House Bill Tackles Security, Reliability Of Energy Market
• Sens. Call On McConnell For Floor Vote On TSCA Reform Bill
• EPA's Approval Of Calif. Clean-Air Plan Changes Upheld
• Phillips 66, ConocoPhillips Pay $11.5M To Settle Waste Row
• Magistrate Puts Babcock & Wilcox Pollution Suit On Thin Ice
• Judge Holds Ranting Pro Se Art Theft Suspect In Contempt
• Oil Aboard Wrecked ND Train Was Up To Snuff, Hess Says
• La. Judge Signs Off On $1M ATP Gulf Discharge Settlement
• US Attempting Arctic Climate And Energy Balancing Act
• Cliffs Natural Unit Seeks Sanctions In Illegal Mining Case
• Tribe-Backed Wind Farm Hits Snag Over GSA Enviro Review
• Enviros Tell 11th Circ. Coal Permit Remand Not Enough
• Combating Commonalities In Toxic Tort Class Actions
• Enviros Challenge Calif. Oil Wastewater Discharge Rules
• Mont. Town Accuses Tribal Officials Of Threats In Water Row
• Lumber Liquidators Halts Sales Of Chinese Laminate Flooring
• NJ Pols Question Some Sites Included In $225M Exxon Deal
• Fla. Bankers Say Clean Energy Bond Program Unconstitutional
• DOE OKs $3.8B Cove Point LNG Exports As Enviro Groups Sue
• Sens. Call For Oil Transport Transparency Amid ND Derailment
• 5 Environmental Class Actions Attorneys Need To Track
• ADR Options Not Limited To Arbitration, Pa. Court Says
• Canadian Solar Snags $250M Loan From Chinese Bank
• SunEdison Secures Clean Energy Projects, More Funding
• Minn. Wind Co. Licenses Propellerless Tech To Denmark
• DOT Tank Car Rule Reflects Refined Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Law Firms Could Learn A Lot From The NFL Draft
• Nevada Tribe Wants More Input On Newmont Gold Mine
• Senate Panel OKs Border Patrol Access To Federal Land
• Enviros Sue San Bernardino Over Santa Ana River Pollution
• Canadian Oil Cos. Brace For Fallout From Alberta Vote
• Md. Pipeline Halted Amid Slew Of Environmental Complaints
• Nossaman Lures 2 Environmental Law Pros From Sedgwick
• Feds Highlight Need For Safety Rule After ND Train Crash
• 9th Circ. Buries Enviro Suit Over $2.2B Mojave Solar Project
• Travelers Trims Liability In Superfund Cleanup
• PHMSA Probed Over Slow Rulemaking Pace
• Pillsbury Adds Ex-Baker Botts Tech Partner To Austin Office
• Exide Blasts Investors' Cert. Bid In Row Over Enviro Failures
• Managing The Risk From CAA Risk Management Plans
• FERC Rejects Enviros', BP's Challenges To Cove Point LNG
• Duke Seeks To Pause Shareholders' Coal Ash Derivative Suit
• NY High Court Turns Back Challenge To Stormwater Permits
• Enviros Sue Forest Service Over Tongass Logging Plan
• Jury Has No Role In Interpreting Farm Law, Pa. Justices Told
• Tribes, Enviros Urge Stronger Review Of Shell's Arctic Plan
• Abengoa Scores $200M To Build Nev. Bio Jet Fuel Plant
• Sens. Get Lesson On EPA Carbon Plan Legal Arguments
• K&L Gates Adds Enviro, Administrative Law Trio In Texas
• Six Flags, NJ Town Sued Over Solar Farm Plans
• 'Gut And Go' Deal To Undo Kan. Renewable Energy Mandate
• Guinea-Bissau, Israeli Co. Ink $500M Wave Energy Plant Deal
• Going Meta: A Class Of Class Counsel
• As Goes Calif. Stormwater, So Goes The Nation's?
• EPA Says Plains All American's Calif. Oil Terminal Flouts CAA
• Texas Quakes Likely Due To Disposal Wells, Lawmakers Hear
• W.Va. Officials Slam McGuirewoods' Fees In Freedom Plan
• Most Weyerhaeuser Claims Survive In Enviro HQ Defect Fight
• Wash. Tribe Pushes To Resume Fishing In Disputed Waters
• DC Circ. Denies States' Challenge Of EPA's GHG Rules
• Enviros Urge High Court Not To Disturb CWA Permit Ruling
• DOI Ignores Mine Runoff's Effect On Protected Fish: Suit
• Enviros, Tribe Question $5B Pipeline Before FERC
• Feds Argue Against Nixing Permits In Calif. Logging Row
• Texas Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Fracking Ban
• Schumer Wants Faster Phaseout Of Older Oil Tanker Cars
• Builders, EPA Argue Against Pa. Septic-Tank Law Review
• Seattle Blocks Shell Arctic Fleet Lease Approval
• Army Corps Found Liable For Katrina-Related Flooding
• Laundry Co. Blames City In Dry Cleaning Pollution Row
• $1B Warriors Arena Gets Key Nod For Fast Enviro Review
• FWS' Endangered Species Plans Unlawful, DC Circ. Hears
• 5th Circ. Nixes Mexican States' Claims Over Deepwater Spill
• US To Pay $13.2M To Evaluate 16 Mines On Navajo Land
• NY Senate Leader Skelos Hit With Corruption Charges
• Case Against The Clean Power Plan Could Change Admin Law
• DOI Moves For Win In Tengasco Records Penalty Row
• Wyo. City's Fears Of Tribal Jurisdiction Misplaced, Profs Say
• Spectrum Files For Ch. 11 After False $40M Contract
• Enviros Fight Corps' Bid To Stop PortMiami Dredging Suit
• DOT Faces Heat On All Sides Over Oil Rail Transport Rule
• Plastic Bag Manufacturers Sue Dallas Over 5-Cent Fee Law
• Texas High Court Won't Touch Water Permit Takings Row
• 9th Circ. Asked To Reinstate Polar Bear Habitat Decision
• DOI Report Backs Navajo Mine Expansion Plan
• Mich. Gas Plant Settles Claims With Feds Over Leaked Gases
• DC Circ. Strikes Down EPA's 100-Hour Backup Generator Pass
• Xcel Energy Salvages $300M North Dakota Wind Project
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear Water Trespass Question
• Ex-Shell Worker To Pay $19M Over Airport Jet Fuel Spill
• DOT Reveals Stricter Safety Rules For Oil-Carrying Trains
• House Passes $35.4B Energy And Water Funding Bill
• A Bipartisan Bill On Energy Policy?