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By Greg Russell On February 2, 2012

New Ohio Air Permit

Ohio EPA has issued its final air pollution shale oil and gas well-site general permit. "This general permit covers all...


Tags: Energy, Environment, Utica, Shale

Remember, it's not a bug - it's a feature: "FirstEnergy Corp. announced today that its generation subsidiaries will retire six...


Tags: Energy, 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

By Kristin Watt On January 12, 2012

Clean Ohio Funding Update

The Clean Ohio Assistance Fund (COAF) has announced that it is no longer accepting applications for grant funding (under $300K)....


Tags: Brownfields, Environment

By Greg Russell On January 12, 2012

NY SGEIS Update

We've reported previously on the Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) issued by New York (see here,...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy, Environment, Utica,

By Greg Russell On January 12, 2012

That's Not Right ...

The NYT is reporting that transportation fuel companies paid an estimated $6.8 million last year in penalties for failing to...


Tags: Energy, Environment

Ohio's new industrial activity storm water general permit went into effect January 1, 2012. If you have an existing industrial...


Tags: Storm, Water, Stormwater, Environment

By Greg Russell On December 31, 2011

Update: Pavillion

We reported earlier this month on a U.S. EPA study purporting to link groundwater contamination in Pavillion, WY to frac...


Tags: Energy, Environment

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