Weekly Cases Update Volume 44, Issue 8

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Volume 44, Issue 16

ELR 201154:13-cv-132(D.N.D., )

A district court dismissed several mineral rights owners' lawsuits against a number of energy companies that operate oil and gas wells in North Dakota's Bakken Shale region.

Keywords:
Energy (generally)
ELR 201164:13-cv-136(D.N.D., )

A district court, in three separate opinions, dismissed several mineral rights owners' lawsuits against a number of energy companies that operate oil and gas wells in North Dakota's Bakken Shale region.

Keywords:
Energy (generally)
ELR 201174:13-cv-141(D.N.D., )

A district court dismissed mineral rights owners' lawsuits against a number of energy companies that operate oil and gas wells in North Dakota's Bakken Shale region.

Keywords:
Energy (generally)
ELR 2011811-1486(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit vacated FERC's "demand response" order, which seeks to incentivize retail customers to reduce electricity consumption when economically efficient.

Keywords:
Federal Power Act (FPA)
ELR 2011912-1238(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit upheld EPA’s decision to defer adopting new secondary NAAQS for oxides of sulfur (SOx) and nitrogen (NOx) pending further scientific study.

Keywords:
Review and revision, §109(d)
ELR 2012114-cv-01403(D. Colo., )

A district court dismissed an individual's CAA lawsuit against a Colorado utility and the state's environmental agency in which he alleged that toxic fumes were emitted into his neighborhood following a fire at a nearby power plant. The plaintiff lacks standing to file suit.

Keywords:
District court jurisdiction, §304(a)
ELR 2011413-1165(6th Cir., )

The Sixth Circuit held that DOE's environmental review of a proposed plant that would convert lumber into ethanol complied with NEPA.

Keywords:
Energy Policy Act of 2005, Environmental assessment (EA)
ELR 20122CV 12-36-BU-DLC(D. Mont., )

A district court held that an insurance company breached its duty to defend a steel company in an underlying contribution case under Montana's Comprehensive Environmental Cleanup and Responsibility Act (CERCA) stemming from the company's alleged release or threatened release of hazardous substanc

Keywords:
Held applicable in, Hazardous wastes & substances

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