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Permits Regulatory Oversight Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

What Happens When Agency Administrators Don't Support the Agency's Statutory Mission?

I’ve always taken the position that, no matter how much I disagree with the President, the Senate should confirm his executive branch nominees (nominations to the Judicial Branch are different, since judges don’t work for the...more

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Wetlands/Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and SpaceX Enter into Consent Agreement and Final Order

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (“SpaceX”) entered into a January 15th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean...more

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The Case for Permitting Reform

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This is the first article in Womble Bond Dickinson’s Energy & Natural Resources thought leadership series titled Striking the Balance: Permitting Reforms for Mining and the Energy Transition. In this series, we’ll explore the...more

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State of Louisiana Granted Primacy Over Class VI Wells

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Executive Summary - The State of Louisiana recently achieved a significant milestone in the regulation of the carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) industry by obtaining primary enforcement authority (primacy) over Class...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Grants Petition Objecting to Robertson County, Texas, Lignite-Fired...

The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an October 15th Order granting a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) for the Oak...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

NSR Enforcement Lives On (For Now) — A Split Decision for Ameren

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has largely affirmed a District Court order finding that Ameren Missouri violated the NSR provisions of the Clean Air Act in making major modifications to its Rush Island facility. The...more

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Liability for Invalid State Agency Permit Decisions: Is the Regulated Party Left Holding the Bag?

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Regulated parties who comply with their permit sometimes get an unwelcome surprise. They meet with their state agency, make full disclosure about their discharges or emissions, and then the state agency makes decisions about...more

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The River No Longer Runs through It: EPA to Cease Regulating Releases of Pollutants to Groundwater

After decades of insisting otherwise and before the U.S. Supreme Court has had a chance to rule on the issue, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took steps to limit its interpretation of the Clean Water Act’s...more

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