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

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Charles refinery. Given that in 2015 all civil enforcement actions by the EPA yielded penalties totaling $205 million (excluding settlements), the CITGO judgment stands out as unusually large. See Environmental Enforcement Results for 2015 , 2015 ABA Env’t Energy, & Resources L.: In the original judgment , U.S.

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Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Overreaching on CAA and MBTA

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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.” United States v.

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Sierra Club Asks Court to Ban Use of Legacy DOT-111 Tank Cars

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As if crude producers and midstream transportation companies don’t already have enough problems trying to get crude oil from production fields to refineries thanks to inadequate pipeline infrastructure, tank car supply, rail safety concerns, and new regulations, they now also have to address a new, potentially market-busting lawsuit.

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HISTORY OF SPILLS: TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline (22 SPILLS: 2010-2022)

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The Keystone 1 pipeline carries up to 720,000 barrels per day of tarsands from Alberta, Canada to refineries in Texas and Illinois.) Obama and Pres. TC Energy oil spill PR oil discharge 12-9-22 (Photo: U.S. EPA) December 8, 2022: PHMSA issues Corrective Action Order to TC Energy re: Dec.

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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

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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. Forest Serv. , 3d 110, 115 (8th Cir. 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 Blog

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. Forest Serv. , 3d 110, 115 (8th Cir. Evans , 952 F.2d

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President Biden Faces Constitutional Challenges to Revocation of Keystone XL Permit

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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/.