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- This article was originally published in the Outside Perspectives section of CCM -The American Lawyer's Corporate Counsel Magazine, October 1999 issue, and appears here with the permission of American Lawyer Media, L.P. A recent federal ...
- The following final rules having environmental impact were promulgated by federal regulatory agencies in July 1999 ...
- Under federal regulations an initial decision made by an EPA environmental appeals board hearing officer can be reviewed and modified by the Environmental Appeals Board for a period of 45 days after it is served upon the parties. In a bizarre ...
- The Michigan Court of Appeals has temporarily lifted an order that prohibited the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Air Quality Division (AQD) from issuing permits to install for new major air pollution sources in Genessee County ...
- From Riker Danzig Environmental UPDATE The U.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency (.EPA.) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance recently issued a Year 2000 (.Y2K.) Enforcement Policy to encourage facilities to investigate and remedy Y2K ...
- President Bush recently signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, the first substantial set of amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or ...
- In the case of Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA, No. 97-1727, (Oct. 29, 1999), the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the enhanced emission source monitoring rule promulgated by EPA, known as ...
- Introduction A. Authority to Enact Ordinances B. Constitutional Considerations 1. Prior Restraint Implications 2. Vague, Indefinite or Uncertain Provisions 3. Lawful Exercise of Police PowerC. Qualitative vs. Quantitative Noise Ordinances D ...
- Dow Chemical Company (Dow) has agreed to pay a $100,000 civil penalty to settle a Clean Water Act (CWA) citizen suit that alleged Dow discharged pollutants in excess of standards in Dow's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES ...
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' ("Corps") entire regulatory program, including permitting, as it relates to the mineral industry, has undergone some significant changes during the past several years. Most significantly, the very future of the ...