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The Forest Service proposed to amend its special use regulations, which prohibit authorizing exclusive and perpetual use and occupancy of National Forest System lands, to provide an exemption for carbon capture and storage.
The Forest Service proposed to amend its special use regulations, which prohibit authorizing exclusive and perpetual use and occupancy of National Forest System lands, to provide an exemption for carbon capture and storage.
EPA proposed to enter into an administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA with Cone Mills Acquisition Group, LLC, concerning remedial action/remedial design to be performed at the U.S. Finishing, LLC and Cone Mills Corporation Superfund Site.
EPA proposed to enter into individual settlements with three parties concerning recovery of CERCLA costs for cleanup that was performed at the Bennett Landfill Fire Site located in Chester, South Carolina.
EPA entered into an administrative settlement agreement under which settling parties will transfer certain mining claims to the purchaser, which will in turn support the purchaser’s efforts to preserve the important historical structures on these mining claims at the Nelson Tunnel/Commodore Waste Rock Superfund Site in Mineral County, Colorado.
United States v. Dravo Corp., No. 8:01-cv-00500-JFB-TBT (D. Neb. Oct. 10, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CERCLA defendant must pay $131,067 for response costs incurred and to be incurred by EPA at the Hastings Groundwater Contamination Superfund site.
United States v. Smith and Edwards Co., No. 1:23-cv-00108-HCN (D. Utah Sept. 29, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA defendants will pay $2,290,065 and $300,000 to reimburse EPA’s response costs in connection with an emergency removal action at the Ogden Swift Building Superfund site in Ogden, Utah, and settling federal agencies will pay $2,290,065 to resolve a potential counterclaim against the United States.
United States v. Stepan Co., No. 2:23-cv-20769-KM-JRA (D.N.J. Sept. 29, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CERCLA defendant must perform response actions to address chemically contaminated soils at the Maywood Chemical Company Superfund site, pay future oversight costs, and pay $362,853.28 to the United States and $15,593.62 to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for past costs.
United States v. Shell Oil. Co., No. 83-cv-2379 (D. Colo. Sept. 28, 2023). A proposed amendment to a consent decree changes the manner in which a settling CERCLA defendant will pay oversight costs for Army-led environmental cleanup activities at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, and fully resolves those costs.
United States v. CR-Troy, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-463 (S.D. Ind. Sept. 26, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA defendants must pay $3,650,000 in response costs and perform remedial measures at the Elm Street Groundwater Contamination Site in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Despite five decades of experience, there is a considerable gap in legal and empirical study on the impacts of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Proponents of reform often claim NEPA litigation is a major obstacle for federal actions; others have concluded litigation is not a major contributor of project cost escalation or delays. This Article studies the incidence and conditions of infrastructure project litigation under NEPA, using a data set of 355 major transportation and energy infrastructure projects that completed a federal environmental study between 2010 and 2018.