Department of Justice (DOJ), Clean Water Act, Oil & Gas

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 2.7.25

Allen Matkins on 2/7/2025

Newly-appointed U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in a memo this Wednesday that the Justice Department will reverse a Biden-era directive to prioritize enforcement of environmental laws in disadvantaged and low-income...more

Pipeline Company Pays $35 Million to Settle Criminal and Civil Environmental Violations for Inland Spill of Oil Drilling Generated...

The Volkov Law Group on 8/25/2021

In a significant environmental crime enforcement action, the Justice Department resolved criminal charges under the Clean Water Act against Summit Midstream Partners LLC, a North Dakota pipeline company that discharged 29...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - July 2020 #5

Allen Matkins on 7/31/2020

Federal agencies to limit water pollution enforcement where states have taken action - Bullet The Hill – July 27 - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday released a memorandom stating that it will not pursue...more

Ninth Circuit Declines to Reinstate Streamlined Water Permitting Process for New Pipelines

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 6/5/2020

Decision creates difficult permitting challenges for oil and gas pipelines crossing jurisdictional waters. Oil and gas pipelines continue to face difficult permitting challenges as Ninth Circuit declines to revive vacated...more

Criminal Enforcement/Clean Water Act: U.S. Department of Justice Announces Guilty Plea by Biodiesel Fuel Company

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/21/2018

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a June 5th news release stating that Fuel Bio One LLC (“FBO”) pleaded guilty to an alleged Clean Water Act violation. FBO allegedly discharged over 45,000 gallons of...more

BP has settled its Clean Water Act penalty claims, but important questions remain to be decided

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/6/2015

The United States and BP lodged their proposed settlement of the remaining claims by the US in connection with the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill with the US District Court today. Comments to the Justice Department are...more

California Environmental Law and Policy Update - August 2014 #6

Allen Matkins on 8/27/2014

Environmental and Policy Focus: U.S. EPA settles case over destruction of rare Central Valley wetlands: EPA - Aug 14: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced a...more

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