Environmental Law
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Environmental Law Articles
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Critical Habitat Regulations under the New Jersey Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act . . . Protecting Habitat or Combating Sprawl?
On July 15, 2003, Bradley Campbell, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP"), announced his plans to expand the scope of the New Jersey Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act ("State Act")1 by ...
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D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA’S Ozone, Particulate Matter Standards
On March 26th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (D.C. Circuit) granted a major victory to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the EPA's efforts to regulate air pollutants. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel upheld ...
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Deadlines Are Extended For The New Spill Prevention, Control, And Countermeasure Regulation
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued regulations amending the requirements applicable to facility owners and operators who store or handle oil at non-transportation-related facilities. Oil spill prevention, control and ...
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Defusing the Y2K Tiime Bomb
It has become fashionable to lament and portend the end of the world as we know it under the guise of the so-called "Year 2000" (Y2K) problem or "Millennium Bug." Almost every day, major news outlets, including television and print media, are ...
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DEP Proposes Nox Regulations For Other States
On January22, 2000, DEP published an Advance Notice of Final Rulemaking establishing a program to limit the emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from fossil fuel fired combustion units with rated heat input capacity greater than 250,000,000 BTUs per ...
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Department Approves Divestiture of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
On March 22, 1999, the Department of Telecommunications and Energy (the "Department") issued an order approving Boston Edison Company's ("Boston Edison") divestiture of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and related assets ("Pilgrim"). The Order ...
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Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
This Act, Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1991 -- Public Law 102-575, signed October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 4600) reauthorizes appropriations for various reclamation projects, amends the conditions of several projects, and ...
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Disclosing Contingent Environmental Liabilities & Navigating In A New Environment
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its implementing regulations are increasing the level of scrutiny given to public companies' disclosure of contingent risks. Environmental issues, however, have not necessarily been at the top of the list. Most of those ...
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Dissolved Limited Partnership Can Be Liable Under CERCLA
A U.S. District Court in Georgia has upheld the right to sue a dissolved limited partnership for contribution under CERCLA. In Canadyne - Georgia Corp. v. Cleveland, 1999 WL 787248 (M.D. Ga. Sept. 30, 1999), Canadyne had purchased assets from the ...
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Don’t Forget Public Meeting For Risk Management Plans
In accordance with Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, certain facilities were required to have in place by June 21, 1999, a Risk Management Plan and submit a copy of it to EPA. There was concern that public disclosure of some of the information in ...
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