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Daily Environment Report
August 04, 2017 - Number 149
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Leading the News
Energy
U.S. Energy Agency Back in Business as Sena
firms Nominees
The main U.S. energy regulator can get back to the business of approving multibillion-dollar
natural gas pipelines after the Senate moved to fill two of four vacancies at the long-crippled
agency.
Hazardous Waste Gold King Critic Pruitt to Visit Colorado Mine Spill Site EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt will visit Aug. 4 the site where the Gold King Mine spill in Colorado occurred two years ago.
Special Report
Oil & Gas Methane Hot Spot in West Troubles Regulators and Industry The Four Corners area of northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado has been described as an especially prominent hot spot for methane leaking and venting---and illustrates why the Obama administration issued tougher federal regulations in 2016 to govern oil and gas operations on federal and Indian lands.
News
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Air Pollution EPA May Still Punt Decisions on Ozone Pollution Standards The EPA could still postpone making some decisions on which regions fail to meet federal air pollution standards for ozone, even after it abruptly dropped plans to delay all of those determinations for a year.
Biodiversity China Seen by Wildlife Group as Making Progress on Ivory Ban China is on track to fulfill a pledge to close its domestic ivory markets by the end of 2017, an international nongovernmental group is expected to say in a forthcoming report.
Chemicals Chemical Makers Told to Act Now, Duck Regulatory Hassles Later Chemical manufacturers should have access to the EPA's electronic reporting system now to avoid headaches in six months as the deadline approaches to notify the agency about chemicals they have made or imported during the past 10 years.
Congress Senate Panel Approves Energy, Interior Nominations The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Aug. 3 approved by voice vote the nominations of Mark Menezes and Paul Dabbar to be Energy Department undersecretaries and Susan Combs to be an Interior Department assistant secretary.
Energy Brouillette Heads to Energy Department Following Heller Sign-Off The Energy Department is set to add a deputy for Secretary Rick Perry following the Senate's confirmation of Dan Brouillette Aug. 3.
Energy
Germany Giving Gigafactt z
m t Latest Challenge K to la
German executives are preparing to announce a new home for a lithium-ion battery plant
designed to rival the output at Tesla Inc.'s Gigafactory.
Energy Nuclear Plant's Shutdown Quashes Tax Credit Need, Graham Says An early extension of a high-profile nuclear tax credit is no longer needed following the shutdown of a nuclear plant's construction in South Carolina, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Bloomberg BNA Aug. 3.
Energy Portland City Council Votes to Appeal Fossil Fuel Terminal Ban Portland, Ore., wants to see its ban on new fossil fuel terminals reinstated. The city council voted unanimously to appeal a decision striking the ordinance as unconstitutional.
Energy
U.K. Policy Change Se > r
^guent for Smooth Energy Shift
The U.K.'s energy policies are confusing markets and limiting investment needed to spur a
transition away from fossil fuels, according to a pro-business environmental group.
Enforcement Justi rvartment Environment Pick a Step Closer to New Role The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Jeffrey Bossert Clark to lead the Justice Department's environment division Aug. 3 over objections by Democrats that Clark doesn't
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accept the scientific consensus on climate change.
Liable Parties
Pasadena Liable for Water Treatment Si
tamination
Pasadena, Calif, is liable under the Superfund law for contamination at a site where it
formerly operated a wastewater treatment plant, the Southern District of Texas ruled (USOR
Site PRP Grp. v. A&M Contractors, Inc., 2017 BL 269165, S.D. Tex., No. 14-CV-2441, 8/2/17).
Motor Vehicles Electric-Car Revolution Shakes Up Biggest Metals Markets The revolution in electric vehicles set to upturn industries from energy to infrastructure also is creating winners and losers within the world's biggest metals markets.
PFOA Saint-Gobain Water Contamination Clairi ' ige Dismissal Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp, and Honeywell International Inc. must face pollution claims by residents of Hoosick Falls, N.Y., who say a toxic chemical from a factory tainted their water, the Northern District of New York ruled Aug. 2 (Benoit v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., 2017 BL 268907, N.D.N.Y., No.16-cv-00930, 8/2/17).
Pesticides Senator Holds EPA Pesticide Fees Bill Over Dow Spat Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has frozen a bill that would keep the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs running, in a bid to reverse recent decisions the agency made on pesticides.
Pipeline Safety Pipeline Agency's Corrosion Monitor Outdated: Congress' Watchdog The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Agency has been using an outdated, incomplete model to determine how often it should inspect pipelines for corrosion, Congress' investigative arm said in a report Aug. 3.
Renewable Energy Arsenal Soccer Club Tackles Climate Change With Clean Energy Arsenal Football Club plans to power its stadium with renewable energy produced from wasted food and solar panels in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas pollution.
Renewable Energy Invenergy Issues Green Bond to Finance Wind Park in Uruguay Invenergy Wind LLC, a Chicago-based energy company, issued a $137 million green bond to finance a wind park in Uruguay.
Renewable Energy Turkey Awards First Wind-Power Contract to Siemens Gamesa A consortium led by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA won the right to build 1 gigawatt of wind power in Turkey, outbidding competitors from China to the U.S. in the country's first wind auction.
Vehicle Fuels Trump's EPA Said to Reject Icahn-Backed Biofuel Program Change The Trump administration is set to deal a blow to billionaire investor and presidential adviser Carl Icahn by rejecting his bid to relieve refiners of a burden to satisfy U.S. biofuel mandates, according to people briefed on the move.
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Practitioner Insights
General Policy Practitioner Insights: Environmental Rights Amendment Revival By Joseph Otis Minott and Paul Cohen: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision in June in Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. Commonwealth already has proved to be a game-changer. PEDF has accelerated the revival of Pennsylvania's Environmental Rights Amendment that began in 2013, altering the course of statewide environmental litigation and reshaping policy at all levels of Pennsylvania government. Those impacts will likely deepen---and may ripple ...
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