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Boettcher v. Conoco Phillips Co.

The Tenth Circuit ruled that an Oklahoma citizen has no claim against an oil company on allegations that his cancer was caused by decades of breathing benzene fumes from its oil refinery near his home. In 2011, the man was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. In 2016, he brought suit against the oil com...

Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. Sunoco Pipeline L.P.

A Pennsylvania court affirmed a lower court decision dismissing residents' and an environmental group's lawsuit challenging the construction of a natural gas pipeline through a suburban township. The plaintiffs argued that a local zoning ordinance prohibits the construction of hazardous gas and liqu...

California v. Bureau of Land Management

A district court enjoined BLM from suspending or delaying the requirements of its waste prevention rule, which was issued to reduce emissions of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and gas production activities on onshore federal land. The rule went into effect on January 17, 201...

South Coast Air Quality Management District v. EPA

The D.C. Circuit held that EPA unlawfully revoked the 1997 ozone NAAQS when it implemented the 2008 standard. In 2008, EPA set the ozone NAAQS at 75 parts per billion (ppb). In 2015, when implementing the standard, the Agency eliminated the 1997 standard of 84 ppb on the grounds that it was impossib...

Genesco, Inc. v. Michigan Dep't of Envtl. Quality

The court holds that a county circuit court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to conduct preenforcement review of a response activity selected or approved by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) within the ambit of Part 201 of the Michigan Natural Resources and Environmental Prote...

United States v. Willfong

The court upholds a logger's conviction for refusing to desist logging operations in the Six Rivers National Forest after a U.S. Forest Service officer ordered him to do so at the behest of a Forest Service representative authorized to shut down the logging operation. The court first holds that the ...

Greenfield Mills, Inc. v. O'Bannon

The court holds that a state environmental agency did not violate the Clean Water Act (CWA) when it repaired a dam and caused sediment to be washed downstream. The agency raised the dam to fix the plumbing of an intake pond. When the dam was raised, sediment allegedly washed downstream killing fish ...

General Elec. Co. v. EPA

The court vacates a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) risk assessment guidance document issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because the court found it to be a rule improperly published without notice-and-comment procedures. The court first holds that the case is ripe for review. Th...

United States v. Chemetco, Inc.

The court holds that a district court properly interpreted the Clean Water Act (CWA) in concluding that the number of violation days are a sentencing factor and not an element of the crime and, therefore, upholds the fines imposed against a scrap metal factory for illegally discharging wastewater in...

Kalamazoo River Study Group v. Rockwell Int'l Corp.

The court affirms a district court decision finding an automotive parts manufacturer liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for discharging polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) inito a river but declining to allocate any response costs to the manu...