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July 03, 2017-Number 126
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Leading the News
Chemicals Confidential Business Data Compounds Some Chemical Cleanups Federal agencies are working to help state health and environmental regulators better understand which of a particular class of chemicals are contaminating groundwater supplies and other natural resources.
General Policy Week Ahead: G-20 Summit Among International Environment Events Washington is taking a break during the week of July 3, but foreign nations aren't. A Group of 20 summit in Germany that will focus on climate change highlights the week's international environment and energy events.
Pesticides EPA Must Review Species Risks With Pesticides, Court Says The EPA cannot bypass assessing pesticide impacts on endangered species, even for new, relatively low-risk products, a federal appeals court ruled June 30.
News
Air Pollution German Court Ruling for Daimler Bucks Trend Against Diesel German auto giant Daimler didn't misrepresent the effectiveness of pollution control technology in one of its Mercedes diesel vehicles, the Regional Court of Stuttgart ruled June 29.
Air Pollution
Sierra Club v. EPA, 1:17-cv-01906
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VW Revamp'
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Volkswagen agreed to install more electric vehicle charging facilities in California's
disadvantaged communities to win state approval of its $200 million investment plan.
Biofuels
South American Ethanol Could Prompt
think Quota
Concerns that refiners will import ethanol from Brazil and biodiesel from Argentina to fulfill
renewable fuel requirements prompted U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to reconsider
quotas for those fuels, according to people familiar with the program.
Climate Change South Korea to Study, Plan for Climate Impacts on Infrastructure Eighteen South Korean public and private institutions have agreed to assess the effects of climate change on infrastructure and devise ways to prevent further damage.
Energy Canada Floats New Environmental Review Rules for Pipelines Canada is proposing consolidating environmental reviews under a single agency while adding an approval step for proponents of pipelines and other major projects--in what it said is a bid to both strengthen and clarify environmental rules.
Hazardous Waste Correction The June 29 article, "Practitioner Insights: Hazardous Waste Reforms Not in Trump's Sights," misspelled the name of the author Tom Mounteer. The online version has been corrected.
Liable Parties
Filing Fli
ks Ohio Superfunci Complaint
A 22-month delay in serving a Superfund complaint is so prejudicial it requires dismissal of
all claims against the defendant, the Southern District of Ohio ruled June 29 (State ex rel
DeWine v. Superior Fibers, Inc., 2017 BL 224964, S.D. Ohio, No. 14-cv-01843, 6/29/17).
Liable Parties Superfund Liability Attaches for Traces of Gasoline in Water An environmental contractor working for the state of Texas can't escape Superfund liability for the disposal of well water containing traces of gasoline, the Southern District of Texas ruled (USOR Site PRP Grp. v. LEI Rone Eng'rs, Ltd., 2017 BL 226362, S.D. Tex., No. 4:14-CV2441, 6/29/17).
Natural Gas South Korea Is Very, Very Interested in America's Natural Gas One thing became clear on the fourth day of the White House's Energy Week: South Korea is really, really into U.S. natural gas.
Oil & Gas Rebirth of Canadian Oil Sands From Fire Stymied by Market Slump In the heart of Canada's biggest oil province, life is slowly returning to normal in Fort McMurray, Alberta. After a fire last year destroyed entire neighborhoods in the town and halted about a million barrels of daily production, green leaves are beginning to bud on charred trees and new construction is replacing homes that were burned to the ground.
Pipeline Safety
Sierra Club v. EPA, 1:17-cv-01906
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Pipeline Agency Weighs Broader Scope for Data Sharing System A planned information-sharing system should expand beyond its congressional mandate, a top official at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration said.
Renewable Energy Wind lndust> I / ks as Trump Shifts the Political Climate Three days after Energy Secretary Rick Perry directed his staff to find ways to give a boost to coal and nuclear power, the rival wind industry kicked its lobbying response into action.
Toxic Chemicals Vinyl Medical Monitoring Claim Dismissal OK'd Vinyl factory workers seeking medical monitoring rightly had their class complaint dismissed as time-barred, the Third Circuit ruled June 30 (Blanyar v. Genova Prods., Inc., 2017 BL 227063, 3d Cir., No. 16-1684, 6/30/17).
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