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Daily Environment Report
August 02, 2017 - Number 147
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Leading the News
Environmental Reviews Environmental Laws Won't Be a Barrier to the Border Wall President Donald Trump's vision of a border wall with Mexico in the San Diego area won't be impeded by lengthy environmental reviews.
Oil & Gas
EPA Methane Standan
? Effect as Court Mulls Challenges
Methane emissions limits for the oil and gas industry must take effect even as a federal
appeals court mulls legal challenges to the rule, indicating a decision could come soon.
News
Benzene Exxon, Shell Benzene Cases Batted to State Court Exxon Mobil Corp, and Shell Oil Co. must answer benzene exposure claims in state, not federal, court after the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled July 31 a revised complaint extinguished federal jurisdiction over the case (Thomas v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 2017 BL 265408, E.D. La., No. 16-cv-15750, 7/31/17).
Climate Science Bison Returned From Brink Just in Time for Climate Change Ted Turner owns more than 100,000 acres of pristine land in southwest Montana, complete with lush grassland and forested hills rolling with Douglas firs. There are populations of wolves, black and grizzly bears, deer, elk and pronghorn antelope ranging freely, some crossing from nearby Yellowstone Park. But the real stars of the Flying D Ranch are his thousands of bison, the American beast once hunted to the edge of extinction.
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Drinking Water Feds Forgive Flint's $20M Water Debt, Fund $3.2M Lead Reg Flint, Mich., won more federal aid as the EPA announced it is forgiving $20.7 million of the city's debt and the Department of Health and Human Services awarded funding for a registry of those exposed to the city's lead-contaminated water.
Endangered Species Court Reaffirms Protections for Wolves in Great Lakes Area Removal of the gray wolf population in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from Endangered Species Act protections in 2011 was invalid, a federal appeals court ruled Aug. 1. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined the wolf population in the three states is thriving, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the service failed to consider all ramifications of the determination as required by the act (Human Society of the U.S. v....
Energy Democrats Prioritize Clean Energy Bid Ahead of Tax Talks A Democratic proposal to overhaul and simplify the energy tax code could play a major role in broader tax negotiations on Capitol Hill, so long as Republicans choose to seek bipartisan input, Senate Democrats told Bloomberg BNA.
Energy
Ex-Justi
artment Lawyer Tapped as Solicitor at Interior
Ryan Nelson, a lawyer who served in the Justice Department's environmental division, was
tapped to be the solicitor of the Interior Department.
Energy
Fate of U.S. Nuclear Now Hint
e Utility in Georgia
With a multibillion-dollar nuclear project in South Carolina dead, the fate of America's
nuclear renaissance now rests on one utility: Southern Co.
Energy
Heller Continues Energy Nomination Block Ovi
:erns
Deputy Energy Secretary nominee Dan Brouillette hasn't responded to questions about
plans for permanent nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain, Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.)
says, so he is keeping a hold on Brouillette's nomination.
Motor Vehicles Norway Boosts Hydrogen Cars With Refueling Station Subsidies Hydrogen refueling station operators in Norway are eligible for up to 1 million kroner ($158,900) annually in subsidies after a plan to boost the industry was approved by European regulators.
Oil & Gas Billionaire Behind Dakota Access Defends New Natural Gas Line Billionaire pipeline magnate Kelcy Warren, who just months ago defeated environmentalists to finish his controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline, has stepped into the limelight once again---this time, to defend a natural gas line being built across the eastern U.S.
Pesticides
Farrm ,
> oul as Pesticide Wreaks Havoc Across U.S. Creo-
Larry Martin in Illinois says he's never seen anything like it in his 35 years of farming.
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Arkansas soybean grower Joe McLemore says he faces the loss of his life savings.
Pesticides Monsanto Campaigned to Make Roundup Appear Safe: Lawsuit Attorneys in a high-profile lawsuit against Monsanto Co. released a trove of emails, text message transcripts, and expert testimony early Aug. 1 that show the company went to great lengths to ensure its best-selling weedkiller was safe in the eyes of regulators and the general public.
Science Policy EPA Runs Human Studies Well, but Room for Improvement: IG The EPA has done a good job improving the way it runs scientific studies that involve human subjects, but it has room for improvement, according to the agency's Office of Inspector General.
Texas Fuel Broker On the Hook for Cleanup, Challenge Waived A fuel broker is on the hook for the cleanup of a contaminated site under Texas waste law because it failed to appeal an administrative order finding it liable, a Texas appeals court ruled (Baxter Oil Serv., Ltd. v. Tex. Comm'n on Envtl. Quality, 2017 BL 266229, Tex. App., 3d Dist., No. 03-15-00446-CV, 7/31/17).
Vehicle Fuels
Refir
jue EPA Can Cut Biofuel Quota Despite Court Loss
Refiners told the Environmental Protection Agency to cut biofuel quotas for 2018, arguing
that a federal court decision against the agency shouldn't prevent it from setting targets
below levels enshrined in law.
Vehicle Fuels
Refir
ofuel Costs Add Urgency to Calls to Revise Mandate
Higher costs underscore fuel refiners' urgency in seeking to change the government's
biofuel mandate.
Practitioner Insights
Chemicals Practitioner Insights: Enhancing TSCA Reform Implementation By Lynn Bergeson, James V. Aidala, Jr., Charles M. Auer, Richard Engler, and Oscar Hernandez: The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act significantly amended the Toxic Substances Control Act. The act, which has been in force for just over a year, made substantive changes to multiple sections of TSCA that are proving to be even more consequential than anticipated (new TSCA is identified as Pub. L. No. 114-182 and old TSCA was identified as Pub. L. No. 94-469).
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