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Project Finance - September, 2015

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• Enviros Score Major Win In Final EPA Effluent Rules
• States, Industry Get BLM Fracking Rules Blocked
• DOT Agency Proposes Rule For Monitoring Of Transit Assets
• Don't Miss Electronic Road Tolls Deadline, Rep. Warns
• Detroit Bridge Co.'s Challenge To Rival Span Collapses
• EU Rolls Out Rules Aimed At Healthy Securitization Market
• DC Circ. Won't Reconsider Clean Power Plan Ruling
• End May Be Nigh For 'Epic' Sacred Tribal Lands Drilling Row
• NYC Transportation Infrastructure Needs Innovation: Panel
• Shell Reversal Puts Alaskan Arctic Drilling In Deep Freeze
• House Passes Bill Reauthorizing VA Health Care Programs
• Pa. Gov. To Sign Bill Encouraging Mine Water Use For Fracking
• TransCanada To Drop Keystone XL Eminent Domain Suits
• EPA Tightens Regs On Power Plant Wastewater Discharges
• A New Model For Clean Energy: Community Solar Gardens
• DOI Readies Biggest Alaska Oil Lease Sale Yet
• Senate Sends 6-Month FAA Reauthorization To Obama's Desk
• NJ Awards $7.6M Post-Sandy River Dredging Contract
• DOT Delays Inspection Mandate In Pipeline Safety Final Rule
• Alcoa Wins Dispute With NC Over Hydro Riverbed Rights
• Oil Driller Settles SEC Probe Over African Payments
• DC Circ. Says US Needn't Review Enbridge Pipeline
• FTA Awards $93.4M Grant For Fla. Rail Expansion
• Open Questions About New Calif. Redevelopment Bill
• Feds Say Suit Over Tribal Land Project Targets Proper Parties
• Indiana Demands Contractor Repay $5M Over Faulty Roads
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear $106M Chevron Award In Ecuador Row
• NRC Asks DC Circ. Not To Restart Diablo Canyon Permit Suit
• Sanchez Energy Sells Texas Assets For $345M To MLP
• Gulf Related Gets $626M Loan For Abu Dhabi Project
• JinkoSolar To Provide 50MW Of Solar Tech For Mexico Plant
• Hitachi Settles SEC FCPA Case For $19M
• Shell Pulls Plug On Arctic Drilling After Poor Results
• Beijing To Issue $1B In Bonds To Help Fund New Airport
• Energy Transfer To Buy Williams Cos. For $38B
• Colo. Gas Pipeline Owners Escape Antitrust Suit
• Engineer Bucks Corps' $11M Bill For Chicago Sewage Ills
• Fla. DOT Hits Navy With $4M Bridge Damage Suit
• Caltrans Gets Nod To Seek $15M For Bay Bridge Defects
• Canadian Pacific Made $300M Upgrades As Promised, STB Says
• States Tell DC Circ. To Vacate Entire EPA Mercury Rule
• Embattled Port Authority Adopts New Ethics Policy
• Judge Axes Suit Against Groups Challenging Pa. Fracking Law
• Maryland Casino Gets Green Light For $150M Expansion
• Grid Operators Key To CPP Success, FERC Chair Says
• OPINION: Have Big Law Firms Lost Their Way?
• Rush Is On To Apply For EB-5 As Lawmakers Debate Reforms
• Lessor-Lessee Relations After Shale's Honeymoon Period
• GCs Flag Risks Of Doing Business In Latin America
• FERC Furthers Its Regulatory Reach In Recent Enforcements
• Miami-Dade County Looks To P3s To Gain Competitive Edge
• Kickstarting Information Governance: 3 Ideal Pilot Projects
• SEC Dubs Bid To End Bank Freeze 'Desperate' In EB-5 Row
• Boeing Strikes Deals With China For $38B Worth Of Jets
• Texas Officials OK $89M In State Road Upgrades
• HollyFrontier Allegedly Owes $14M For Refinery Cleanup
• Deals Rumor Mill: Williams Cos., Repsol, Towers Watson
• GE Looks To UK For Up To $12B Export Financing
• Occidental Says Texas Law Doesn't Apply To Sinkhole Suit
• Shell Should Shift Problematic Pipeline, Magistrate Says
• LA Metro Gets Win In Challenge To $1.7B Light Rail
• Stopgap Funding Bill Would Reauthorize EB-5 Program
• Cos. Dishonest About Tribal Land Wind Project, Gov't Says
• PE Firm Puts $100M Into Latin America, Japan Solar Plants
• Landowner Rapport Key To Pa. Pipelines, Task Force Told
• DOI Taps 13 Bidders For NJ Offshore Wind Auction
• Total Commits $500M To Clean Energy Amid Spending Cuts
• Feds Move To Ensure Oil Cos. Can Pay To Scrap Offshore Rigs
• Fla. City Backs FHWA In Enviros' Bridge Project Dispute
• Regulators Eye Banks' Energy Lending Amid Oil Price Drop
• Be Cautious When Using Design-Build Agreements For P3s
• Sage-Grouse Decision To Test Collaborative Conservation
• Mont. Tribal Council Opposes $403M Coal Railroad
• Developer Begs For End To Bank Freeze In $136M EB-5 Case
• Colo. Supreme Court To Rule On Local Fracking Ban
• Calif. Aims To Stop Highway Crashes With New Safety Plan
• Milwaukee Council OKs Funding Plan For $500M Bucks Arena
• Bombardier-Alstom-Indra Win $185M Spain Rail Contract
• SolarCity Says Contractor Hid Fraud Before $45M Project
• AltaGas To Pay Oaktree Unit $642M For 3 Calif. Gas Plants
• Nev. High Court Diverts General Moly Water Use Plan
• DOT Connected Car Program Revs Up In NY, Fla., Wyo.
• Regulators To Speed Up Infrastructure Project Reviews
• The Key To National Security Compliance Success
• Property Pooling Pits Ohio Municipalities Against State
• The Strike Zone For Breach Of Contract Policy Exclusions
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• Enterprise Says Contracts Bar $535M Award In Pipeline Suit
• United Energy Wants En Banc Rehearing Over BP Asset Sale
• State, Enviros Clash Over BLM Fracking Rule Delay
• Investor Immigrants Seek Cert. In Row Over New EB-5 Rule
• Inaction On Ore. Bridge Repairs To Cost $94B, Report Says
• Suncor Spends $234M To Build Stake In Oil Sands Project
• FERC Approves $310M Columbia Pipeline Project In La.
• Real Estate Rumors: Raiders Stadium, DKNY, Gucci
• Low Oil Prices Threaten $1.5T In New Projects, Report Says
• Dominion Asks FERC To OK $5B Atlantic Coast Pipeline
• Bracewell Adds 4 Ex-Katten Enviro Partners In Texas
• Developers Want DC Circ. Council Collusion Suit Reheard
• Courts May Be Shifting Review Of Preliminary Injunctions
• In Congress: The Pope, RAPID Act, And A Looming Deadline
• Mining Group Asks 9th Circ. To Slash DOI's Withdrawal Power
• Texas Fires Off $1.4M In Fines Against Pipelines, Utilities
• Detroit Bridge Co. Fires Back At Coast Guard In Permit Row
• Truckers File Class Action Over New Ga. Fuel Taxes
• NRG Spins Off Clean Energy Biz, Nets $210M For Wind Farms
• Gov't Projects Nab EB-5 Funds As Investors Seek Security
• No National Renaissance For Nuclear From Clean Power Plan
• Pipeline Co. Scores $33M Win In Essar Steel Contract Row
• More States Turning To EB-5, But Securities Worries Loom
• Enviros Want $838M NC Bypass Halted During Appeal
• FERC Dominates Light High Court Energy Docket This Term
• Geronimo Inks Wind Power Deal With Consumers Energy
• Pa. House Speaker Rips Gov. Wolf's Shale Tax Plan
• While EB-5 Centers Need Scrutiny, Projects Viewed As King
• Energy Honchos Lament FERC Pipeline Approval Delays
• Judge Opens Door To 10th Circ. Appeal Of NM Frack Permits
• Gold King Spill To Bring Shift In EPA Mine Cleanup Effort
• Giuliani Blames PR For Fracking Opposition, Blasts Cuomo
• Honolulu Rail Project Facing $1B Shortfall
• Greenberg Adds San Francisco Politico To Gov't Affairs Team
• Greens Slam Fed Coal Permits In Wyo., Colo., NM
• White House Says It Still Supports Oil Export Ban
• Ur-Energy Looks To Double Size Of Wyo. Uranium Mine
• Pa. Public Utility Commish Joins Call For More Pipelines
• City Panel Approves $47M For New Milwaukee Bucks Arena
• Mexico's Oil Auction Changes Bode Well For Future Bidding
• White House Spurs Solar Development With $120M In Grants
• Arizona Faces Uphill Battle In Stadium Tax Refund Appeal
• Signing Off On The Shut-In Royalty Provision
• Wisconsin City, County Escape Power Co.'s Cleanup Claims
• Calif. District, DOJ Reach Deal To Handle Irrigation Cleanup
• Puerto Rico Sewer Authority Agrees To $1.5B Improvements
• El Salvador Finalizes Pact To End Geothermal Energy Row
• PSE&G Reaches $905M Deal With NJ For Upgrades, Increase
• DOI Head Decries Funding Gap For Inspecting High-Risk Wells
• NJ, NY Govs. Look To Split Cost Of Rail Tunnel With Feds
• Citing Ex-Im's Lapse, GE Moves Turbine Jobs Overseas
• Solving Law Firm Staffing Problems Through Innovation
• Penn West Continues Asset Purge With $142.5M Sale
• Sempra, SoCal Edison Adding 100MW To Solar Facility
• Corruption Charges Against Harrisburg's Ex-Mayor Allowed
• 5 Myths About Building Natural Gas Pipelines
• Seneca Must Arbitrate Tribal Land Pipeline Row, Suit Says
• Shell, Philippines' $1.2B Tax Dispute Heads To Singapore
• Energy Co. Tells Court Coal Mine Review Was Good Enough
• International Panels Set To Hear Venezuela, Jordan Disputes
• FERC Gives Initial OK To 31-Mile Midwest Pipeline
• Fed. Agencies Want Out Of Calif. Highway Enviromental Suit
• Pa. Energy Attys Face Work Slump As Prices Drop
• FERC Study Clears Columbia Pipeline's $138M Pa. Project
• Feds To Auction 42M Acres Of Gulf Waters For Drilling
• Oil Search Rejects LNG Rival Woodside's $8B Takeover Bid
• Taiwan Residents Bring South China Sea Oil Row To Justices
• Environmentally Sustainable Patent Strategies
• Enforcement Hole Created By 5th Circ. Migratory Bird Ruling
• Enviros Lose Bid To Halt $838M NC Highway Bypass
• Kinder Morgan, Cheniere Unit Reach Natural Gas Deal
• Canadian Chevron Ruling Lays Out Enforcement Welcome Mat
• Argentina Loses Bid To DQ Arbitrator In Dispute With Total
• Texas Oil And Gas Group Settles Suit Over City's Frack Ban
• Butler Snow Guides $377M Bond Deal For Braves Stadium
• PDVSA Appeals Conoco's Right To Buy Stake In Refinery Unit
• P3 Ops Could Grow With Procurement, Enviro Review Reforms
• ArcLight, Texas Oil Driller Sink $200M Into Startup
• The Emerging Fall Fiscal Cliff
• Wind Cos. Slam US Suit Over Project On Okla. Tribal Land
• GIP To Pay $875M For German Offshore Wind Project Stake
• NJ, NY Lawmakers Divided Over Port Authority Reforms
• DOL Presses DC Circ. To Apply Wage Law To CityCenterDC
• 5 Tips For Tribes To Forge A Broader Economic Base
• Canadian Solar Gets $337M In Financing For Calif. Project
• Litigation Financing May Ease Your Year-End Cash Crunch
• Venezuela Takes Aim At Waiver Claim In $740M Award Row
• PATH Gets $256M In DOT Grants For Post-Sandy Work
• Trinidad And Tobago Defends $2M Aluminum Project Ruling
• Solar Project Forecast Dims With Tax Credit Sunset
• Okla. Greenlights $6.5B Bridge Rehab Plan
• EB-5 Regional Center Program Should End, Group Says
• Railroads Want Three More Years To Upgrade Safety Tech
• Shell Scraps Its Westward Ho Pipeline Project
• How To Put Together A Killer Data Center Team
• DOT's Foxx Says Highway Trust Fund Not Enough
• Tribal Cultural Resources: 6 Tips For CEQA Compliance
• Navajo Co. Says Bid To Dismiss Mine Permit Row Untimely
• Enviros Slam Feds' Bid To Toss Mine Runoff Row
• Energy Co. Expands Project Along Columbia River To $1.5B
• Ex-FHA Official Gets 3 Years For Grant Money Fraud Scheme
• Coast Guard Asks DC Circ. To Back Bridge Permit Refusal
• Tribal Roadway Denial Didn't Run Afoul Of NEPA, Judge Rules
• Luminant Branches Into Solar Energy With SunEdison Deal
• SunEdison Pays $300M For Stake In Dominion Solar Projects
• Environmental Policymaking To Watch In Fall 2015
• Canadian Solar Snags $266M For 100MW Calif. Plant
• Woodside Makes $8B Bid For LNG Rival Oil Search
• NY Shared Solar Is A Bold Step Forward For Clean Energy
• Calif. High Court Humbles Itself Over CEQA Case
• The Future Of Mediation: Joint Session 2.0
• BASF Unit's $2B Norwegian Sea Oil Field Gets Norway's OK
• Conn. City Slams Sports Complex Construction Delay Suit
• Tax Legislation To Watch In The End Of 2015
• IRS Guidance Will Boost Residential Solar Projects
• ND Judge Limits Water Rule Injunction To 13 States
• Canada Fight Over Donziger's $9.5B Chevron Judgment Is On
• Sheppard Mullin Snags Chadbourne Energy Transactions Atty
• H5 Turns Over Share Of $9.5B Donziger Judgment To Chevron
• CPP Is An Opportunity For Appliance And Equipment Industry
• 5 Firms Guide $145M Bond Deal For DC Mixed-Use Project
• US Energy Legislation To Watch This Fall
• EV Energy Pays $259M For Oil, Gas Properties From EnerVest
• $971M Gas Pipeline Danger To Nuclear Plant, FERC Hears
• Former Ex-Im Chief Says Shuttering Bank A 'Foolish' Move
• Calif. Assembly Sends Coal Divestment Bill To Gov.
• Chesapeake Energy, Others Duck Ohio Landowners' Suit
• Florida City Barred From Environmental Suit To Stop Bridge
• Puerto Rico Utility Strikes Debt Deal With Bondholder Group
• DC Circ. Still Won't Suspend Emissions Rule At Colo. Plant
• Exxon-Shell JV Must Pay For Quake Damage, Dutch Court Says
• SEC Ordered To Speed Up Foreign-Energy-Payments Rule
• A Look At The Community Benefits In 4 Recent Arena Deals
• EU Antitrust Officials Greenlight $70B Shell-BG Merger
• SolarCity Corp. Launches $400M Solar Projects Fund
• Southern Ups Calif. Solar Portfolio With 300-MW Farm Buy
• 5 Considerations For Developing Projects On Native Lands
• Del., Md. Fight Share Of $276M Power Line Costs At FERC
• Judge Says Past Work With Uranium Mine Won't Affect Case
• FERC Power Demand Rule Usurps States, High Court Told
• Tokyo Olympics Logo Dumped After Plagiarism Outcry
• Crude Exports Could Lower Pump Prices, EIA Report Says
• Arctic Drilling Leases Violate NEPA, Enviros Say
• EPA Insists Carbon Plant Rule Challenges Are Premature
• Russian Energy Sector Sanctions: 1 Year On