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New Judge, Same Result – $81 Million CWA Civil Penalty Appealed

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District Court Judge Dee Drell (Western District, LA) recently denied a motion to alter or amend the Court’s judgment against CITGO Petroleum Corp.– Charles refinery. CITGO Petroleum Corp., CITGO Petroleum Corp., See Environmental Enforcement Results for 2015 , 2015 ABA Env’t Energy, & Resources L.:

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Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Overreaching on CAA and MBTA

The Energy Law

Citgo Petroleum Corp., 14-40128, 2015 U.S. 4, 2015). Citgo’s Corpus Christi refinery operates a wastewater treatment system that sends all oily wastewater to several Corrugated Plate Interceptor (“CPI”) separators. Under NSPS Subpart QQQ, refinery operators are required to put roofs on “oil-water separators.”

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Uncertainty About Migratory Bird Treaty Act “Takes”: The Biden Administration Delays the Effective Date of the Final Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds

The Energy Law

If incidental takes are actionable under the MBTA, this raises possible MBTA liability in a variety of industries (such as wind projects, petroleum refineries, and other energy and infrastructure projects) whose normal day-to-day operations can have unintentional effects on migratory birds. CITGO Petroleum Corp. , Evans , 952 F.2d

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Uncertainty About Migratory Bird Treaty Act “Takes”: The Biden Administration Delays the Effective Date of the Final Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds

The Energy Law

If incidental takes are actionable under the MBTA, this raises possible MBTA liability in a variety of industries (such as wind projects, petroleum refineries, and other energy and infrastructure projects) whose normal day-to-day operations can have unintentional effects on migratory birds. CITGO Petroleum Corp. , Evans , 952 F.2d

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President Biden Faces Constitutional Challenges to Revocation of Keystone XL Permit

The Energy Law

Background The Keystone Pipeline is a system of petroleum pipelines designed to transport crude oil from fields in Alberta, Canada and ultimately terminating at refineries on the U.S 2015 aerial photograph. Constitution. Gulf Coast. and Canada near Morgan, Montana. Google Earth , earth.google.com/web/.

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President Biden Faces Constitutional Challenges to Revocation of Keystone XL Permit

The Energy Law

The Keystone Pipeline is a system of petroleum pipelines designed to transport crude oil from fields in Alberta, Canada and ultimately terminating at refineries on the U.S 2015 aerial photograph. Constitution. Background. Gulf Coast. and Canada near Morgan, Montana. Google Earth , earth.google.com/web/.