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Air Pollution Rule Delayed Again

The USEPA announced that it is again delaying the issuance of its proposed rules regulating air emissions from hydraulically...


Tags: NSPS, Hydraulic Fracturing, Air, Clean,

The U.S Supreme Court Decided Today A Significant CWA Case

Today the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously (with two concurring decisions) decided Sackett v. EPA - a case that everyone in the...


Tags: Compliance Orders, Clean Water Act, Environment

On March 9, 2012, the ODNR simultaneously announced (1) "new environmentally responsible standards for transporting and disposing...


Tags: Energy, Brine Disposal, Class II Injection Wells

The Supreme Court of Ohio has affirmed the Ohio Power Siting Board’s approval of Buckeye Wind LLC’s application to construct and...


Tags: Wind, Farm, Environment

USACE Reissues Nationwide Permits - Wells Pad Construction Now Covered

Last week the United States Army Corps of Engineers reissued 48 of the 49 existing nationwide permits that authorize certain...


Tags: Nationwide Permit 39, Environment

Ohio EPA Oversight Costs a Thing of the Past?

Paying Ohio EPA its “oversight costs” (administrative costs) might be a thing of the past? A recent Ohio First Appellate District...


Tags: Environment

Ohio EPA Pulls Water Quality Rules Package

Ohio EPA first introduced a water quality rule package in 2006 - intended to cover water quality standards, 401 certifications...


Tags: Environment

Anthony J. Giuliani, a partner in the Columbus office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, analyzed the U.S. Environmental...


Tags: Sense, Initiative, Common, EPA,

USEPA Seeks Peer Review of Pavilion, WY Ground Water Investigation

As previously reported on this Blog, on December 14, 2011 USEPA a draft research report entitled "Investigation of Ground Water...


Tags: Pavillion, WY, Energy, Environment

Future of USEPA Compliance Orders at Issue . . .

Earlier this week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a major environmental case, Sackett v. EPA. The arguments...


Tags: Environment

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